Swirskii-Long-Life-System – delivering long-lasting whitefly and thrips control
Predators released over extended 8-week period
- True generalist – voracious predatory mite Amblyseius (Typhlodromips) swirskii has a preference for greenhouse and tobacco whitefly eggs and larvae as well as young thrips larvae
- Also eats - spider and tarsonemid mite
- Adapted to high temperatures – active up to temperatures of 40°C
- For optimal population growth - use alternative food source Nutrimite™ to help create ‘standing army’
Why are long life breeding sachets so effective?
- Sachets contain food – bran carrier and factitious prey - for the predatory mites
- A. swirskii mites multiply inside the sachets and disperse into the crop
- Continual release of predatory mites over eight weeks