Biological control of Pacific mites and Willamette mites in San Joaquin Valley vineyards: I. Role of Metaseiulus occidentalis
Biological control of Pacific mites and Willamette mites in San Joaquin Valley vineyards: I. Role of Metaseiulus occidentalis
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圣华金谷葡萄园太平洋螨和威拉米特螨的生物防治:I. Metaseiulus occidentalis 的作用
DOI:
10.3733/hilg.v40n10p267
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发表时间:
1970
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
C. Huffaker
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作者:
D. Flaherty;C. Huffaker
Population studies in southern San Joaquin Valley vineyards showed that the distributional
patterns of Willamette mite, Eotetranychus willamettei Ewing, and Pacific mite, Tetranychus pacificus, differ in the Valley, in the vineyard, and on the vine itself. Pacific mite generally
does best under hot and dry conditions while Willamette mite prefers cooler and more
humid conditions, although there is considerable overlapping of the two species.
Detailed populations studies showed that untreated vineyards with no histories of
pesticide treatment often exhibit more efficient levels of predation than do vineyards
which have been treated. Also, contrary to the views of some investigators, these
studies indicate that Metaseiulus occidentalis (Nesbitt) has no self-limiting aspects in its response to low or high prey densities.
In undisturbed vineyards, a mild predator-prey interaction appears to help perpetuate
effective control of low prey densities by M. occidentalis. In disturbed vineyards, widely fluctuating predator and prey populations may lead
to population crashes and continuation of imbalance. Moreover, when regulating low,
but potentially serious, Pacific mite densities in undisturbed vineyards, M. occidentalis appears to benefit from the presence of the less seasonally restricted Willamette
mite.
Tonnage and fruit-quality data showed that Willamette mite is often not a significant
pest. Little differentiation has been made in the past between Pacific mite and Willamette
mite, and treatments have been applied as if both were serious pests.