Biological control in Agriculture – The invisible world of mites

This movie uses macro video material to show biocontrol in action in close-up at a milimetre scale. It uses the example of the pest Spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) and the predatory mite (Amblyseius swirskii) as a biocontrolagent. Shown are the danger of the spider mite with its fast reproduction and plant consumption versus the killing ability of the predatory mite. The challenge that the predatory mite cannot disperse on tomato plants is shown and linked to the importance of science in the search for so