Novosibirsk chemists proposed to fight pests with ticks and bedbugs

Similar to a small orange dot, the plant leaves live for 10 days. This is the biography of phytoseiulus - a predatory mite, the enemy of the spider mite, which destroys the efforts of summer residents in greenhouses, drawing juice from flowers and vegetables. The bug-macrolofus is also a fighter with dangerous pests - whitefly and aphids, and attacks quietly, secretly and lightning quickly. It eats up to fifty enemies a day. Biologists call these insects living drugs. “If he has nothing to eat, he will die on the fourth day. When the bug-macrolofus destroys the pests, it will also die, explained Alexandra Zenkova, director of the Center for Pre-University Training of the Novosibirsk State Agrarian University. Living biodefense for garden plants is an excellent alternative to aggressive chemistry, which accumulates in the soil and fruits. Such pest killers pose no threat to the environment. Novosibirsk biologists have been studying entomophages for more than ten years. First, several individuals were adapted to the Siberian climate, then selected the optimal conditions for life so that the fighters were voracious and hardy. In closed ground, they can perfectly cope with work at a temperature not lower than + 25 degrees and 70% humidity. Predatory troops are able to cope with pests in a few days. The army of insects is already serving in agricultural enterprises of Novosibirsk. “The effectiveness has been proven to be over 80 per cent. We work with greenhouse plants, we are confident in our results and our insects, said Nadezhda Popova, head of the laboratory of the Novosibirsk State Agrarian University. The army of entomophages biologists plan to increase. In parallel, other similar pest control technologies are being improved. Apply such biosecurity can and summer residents, when the development goes on the market. The lab is already doing this.

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