▪ Abstract Cassava (Manihot esculenta) occupies a uniquely important position as a food
security crop for smallholder farmers in areas of the tropics where climate, soils, or societal …

Root and tuber crops are important to agriculture, food security and income for 2.2 billion
people in developing countries. These species produce large quantities of dietary energy …

Biological control provides an environmentally safe, cost-effective and energyefficient
means of pest control, either alone or as a component of integrated pest management. The …

This paper discusses the: cassava arthropod complex; crop damage and yield loss; major
pests (ie mites, mealybugs, whiteflies, Lepidoptera, stemborers, burrower bugs, lacebugs) …

Biological control in IPM systems in Africa: Cassava green mite in Africa - a unique example
of successful classical biological Page 1 Cassava Green Mite in Africa – a Unique Example of …

Abstract In South America, phytophagous cassava mite populations reach high densities
during the dry season but occur in low numbers during the rainy season. Some of their …

Since the initiation of the classical biological control campaign by the International Institute
of Tropical Agriculture to control the exotic mite, Mononychellus tanajoa, 11 species (18 …

Plant-based foods may serve as alternative resources in meeting the nutritional
requirements of predatory mites, when the preferred prey species is scarce. In laboratory …

O ácaro rajado, Tetranychus urticae Koch, é considerado uma das principais pragas de
hortaliças e várias outras culturas no Brasil, em áreas onde um considerável volume de …

The two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch is a key pest of many crops worldwide
and is mainly controlled using acaricides. To mitigate the undesired impacts of acaricides …