Genetic improvement of native phytoseiid predators in support of integrated pest management of spider mites and thrips in Vietnam Ghent University
Thrips and spider mites are major pests in Vietnamese crops.
Farmers still heavily rely on chemical pesticides for their control,
negatively affecting the environment and human health. It would be
more sustainable to adopt an "integrated pest management"
approach in which predatory mites (Phytoseiidae) suppress the pest,
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