MITE COMPOSITION, USE THEREOF, METHOD FOR REARING A PHYTOSEIID PREDATORY MITE SPECIES AMBLYSEIUS SWIRSKII, REARING SYSTEM FOR REARING SAID PHYTOSEIID PREDATORY MITE AND METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL ON A CROP

摘要

The present invention relates to a novel mite composition comprising a population of the phytoseiid predatory mite species Amblyseius swirskii and a factitious host population, which may be employed for rearing said phytoseiid predatory mite species or for releasing the phytoseiid predatory mite species in a crop. According to further aspects the invention relates to a method for rearing the phytoseiid predatory mite species Amblyseius swirskii, to the use of the mite composition and to a method for biological pest control in a crop, which employ the mite composition.