Paloma Alves Silva

Combined use of Beauveria bassiana and the predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus to suppress Tetranychus urticae on greenhouse-grown sweet pepper

Abstract Predatory mites and invertebrate-pathogenic fungi are important biological control tools for managing populations of the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae , in horticultural field crops. Here, we evaluated strategies for the combined use of a mite-pathogenic s...