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Sublethal effects of esfenvalerate residues on pyrethroid resistant Typhlodromus pyri (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and its prey Panonychus ulmi and Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae)

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The effect of residues of esfenvalerate on oviposition of the resistant strain of the predatory mite Typhlodromus pyri and its main prey, European red mite Panonychus ulmi and two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae, were investigated. T. pyri showed a significant linear reduction in oviposition after 24 h in the presence of increasing levels of esfenvalerate residue applied at the field rate. Furthermore, when given a choice, T. pyri preferred to lay eggs on residue-free surfaces. Of the two prey species, only P. ulmi showed significant avoidance of increasing levels of residues of the field rate concentration of esfenvalerate, as measured by runoff mortality, however both P. ulmi and T. urticae, when given a choice, showed a preference for esfenvalerate-free surfaces. As with the predatory mite T. pyri, both prey species showed a significant linear reduction of oviposition with increasing esfenvalerate residues and a preference to lay eggs on esfenvalerate-free surfaces. Esfenvalerate residues as high as 15X field rate were not repellent to pyrethroid-resistant T. pyri. The possible effects of these sublethal effects on predator-prey dynamics and implications for integrated mite control programmes in apple orchards are discussed.

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  1. Ecology and Entomology Group, Soil, Plant and Ecological Sciences Division, Lincoln University, P.O. Box 84, New Zealand

    M.H. Bowie & S.P. Worner

  2. Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen Agricultural University, P.O Box 8031, 6700 EH, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    O.E. Krips

  3. Manaaki Whenua, Landcare Research, P.O. Box 69, Lincoln, New Zealand

    D.R. Penman

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Bowie, M., Worner, S., Krips, O. et al. Sublethal effects of esfenvalerate residues on pyrethroid resistant Typhlodromus pyri (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and its prey Panonychus ulmi and Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae). Exp Appl Acarol 25, 311–319 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017927502679

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