Claim · model-written summary
Predator reinvasion after acaricide effects wore off could explain reduced rust mite numbers.
- Taxon
- A. schlechtendaliAculus schlechtendalie1
- Interactor
- A. baccarum
Anystis baccarume0biocontrol_agent - Outcome
- reductions in A. schlechtendali numberse1
- Qualifier
- A. baccarum re‐invading the treatment branches after the effects of the acaricide had worn offe0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“This effect could have resulted from A. baccarum re‐invading the treatment branches after the effects of the acaricide had worn off.”
e1“acaricide treatment alone in 1999 resulted in significant reductions in A. schlechtendali numbers at the end of the season.”
Title
A G S CUTHBERTSON; A C BELL; A K MURCHIE Annals of Applied Biology 2003. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348.2003.tb00235.x
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Sticky-trap exclusion of A. baccarum significantly increased A. schlechtendali numbers in one of four trials.
- Intervention effect Other trials with lower rust mite populations showed either no effect or possible fewer mites following exclusion.
- Intervention effect Combined acaricide and sticky-trap predator exclusion significantly increased rust mites in two of three 1998 trials.
- Mechanism The increase likely reflected acaricide-stimulated reproduction and absence of predator control.
- Intervention effect Acaricide alone significantly reduced rust mites at the end of the 1999 season.
- Recommendation Growers should conserve A. baccarum in their orchards.