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Three organophosphates (pirimiphos-methyl, chlorpyrifos-methyl, chlorpyrifos) were tested on a laboratory strain of Cheyletus eruditus (Schrank), a predatory mite used for biological control of stored food mites, and on tow species of acaroid mites, Acarus siro L. and Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank). Biological control is often preceded by a chemical treatment with organophosphates and thus it is important to know how the acaricides affect the predators. It was found that chlorpyrifos-methyl was the most toxic organophosphate on C. eruditus. The effectiveness of pirimiphos-methyl and chlorpyrifos was approximately equal and was three times lower than the effectiveness of chlorpyrifos-methyl. The organophosphates were nearly equally effective on both acaroid mites but A. siro was slightly more susceptible than T. putrescentiae. On the basis of these results, the use of pirimiphos-methyl or chlorpyrifos rather than chlorpyrifos-methyl is recommended for protection of empty stores or stored grain against resiliant populations of stored food mites.
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Ždárková, E. The effectiveness of organophosphate acaricides on stored product mites interacting in biological control. Exp Appl Acarol 18, 747–751 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00051541
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00051541