Mite composition, use thereof, method for rearing the phytoseiid predatory mite amblyseius swirskii, rearing system for rearing said phytoseiid 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 pytoseiid predatory mite species or for releasing the pyhtoseiid predatory mite species in a crop. According to further aspects the invention relates to a method for rearing the pytoseiid 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.