Open AccessMite pests in plant crops: Current issues, inovative approaches and possibilities for controlling them: Part 2
Author(s) -
Radmila Petanović,
Dejan Marčić,
Biljana Vidović
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
pesticidi i fitomedicina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-1026
pISSN - 1820-3949
DOI - 10.2298/pif1002105p
Subject(s) - acaricide , biology , resistance (ecology) , mite , microbiology and biotechnology , agriculture , pest control , pesticide , azadirachtin , biological pest control , integrated pest management , agricultural pest , chemical control , pesticide resistance , toxicology , agronomy , ecology , agricultural science
Part one discusses some principal mite pests in agroecosystems and urban horticulture in European countries, Serbia and its neighbouring countries focusing primarily on issues with regard to plant production, novel methods and approaches in applied acaralogy. Part two displays some major properties of acaricides inhibiting respiration, growth and development and other synthetic substances with acaricide action on the market in the last decade of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century. Also some products of natural origin (azadirachtin, oils, micoacaricides) are said to be gaining in importance. Issues with regard to the fact that mites can readily develop resistance to acardicides are discussed and a survey on the results of biochemical, physiological and genetical causes of resistance are analyzed. Some basic principles of biological control of phytophagous mites and modern advances and approaches are discussed as well as current knowledge on host plant resistance to mites. Eventually, the possibility of using a combination of selective acaricides and biological control agents is discussed but also the inclusion of other modes of control (agricultural practices and physical measures) expected to contribute to an integrated management of pest populations.