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dc.creatorRomero Ferreira de Oliveira,Carlos
dc.creatorde Sousa,Adalberto Hipólito
dc.creatorGuerra Pimentel,Marco Aurélio
dc.creatorCysneiros Matos,Cláudia Helena
dc.creatorD Antonino Faroni,Lêda Rita
dc.date2010-12-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-24T21:24:38Z
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dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-34292010000300012
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/57261
dc.descriptionIt is recorded the occurrence of Pyemotes tritici (Lagréze-Fossat & Montagné) on Cathartus quadricollis (Guérin-Méneville) and Callosobruchus maculatus (Fabricius), reducing insect s populations in laboratory conditions. This mite was observed feeding on larvae and pupae of C. quadricollis, and adults of C. maculatus. The mite toxin quickly paralyzed larvae and adults attacked. The mite P. tritici is a lethal problem for mass rearing of insects and its effective eradication ultimately depends on the periodic monitoring of the insect colonies. As result, the mite P. tritici can be a new alternative for the biological control of C. quadricollis and C. maculatus in stored products. However, this possibility must be better understood before it could be recommended, because Pyemotes sp. could also cause dermatitis in the humans.
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dc.publisherUniversidad de Tarapacá. Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas
dc.relation10.4067/S0718-34292010000300012
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceIdesia (Arica) v.28 n.3 2010
dc.subjectAcari
dc.subjectparasitism
dc.subjectbiological control
dc.subjectColeoptera
dc.subjectstored grains
dc.titleFIRST RECORD FOR CATHARTUS QUADRICOLLIS AND CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS CULTURES ATTACKED BY THE MITE PYEMOTES TRITICI


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