Biocontrols For Greenhouse Vegetables
August 23, 2012 While there are excellent conventional pest control products for greenhouse vegetable crops, biological controls are an increasingly common strategy. Here is a list of biocontrols to consider for your next crop, courtesy of Ohio State University Extension.
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Pests Attacked |
| Whitefly parasitoid | Encarsia formosa | Whiteflies, especially the greenhouse whitefly |
| Whitefly parasitoid |
Eretmocerous eremicus Eretmocerus mundus |
Whiteflies, especially the silverleaf whitefly |
| Whitefly predator | Amblyseius swirskii | Whiteflies, greenhouse and silverleaf whitefly, also attacks thrips |
| Leaf miner parasitoids | Diglyphus spp., Dacnusa spp. | Leafminers |
| Mealybug destroyer | Cryptolaemus montrouzieri | Citrus mealybugs |
| Mealybug parasitoid | Leptomastix dactylopii | Citrus mealybugs |
| Aphid midge | Aphidoletes aphidimyza | Aphids |
| Aphid parasitoid | Aphidius colemani | Green peach and melon aphids |
| Aphid parasitoid | Aphidius ervi, Aphelinus abdomalis | Potato aphids |
| Soil insects predator | Atheta coriaria | Fungus gnat larvae, shore fly larvae, western flower thrips pupae |
| Entomopathogenic nematodes for fungus gnats | Steinernema feltiae, plus others | Fungus gnat larvae |
| Fungus gnat and thrips predatory mite | Hypoaspis miles | Fungus gnat larvae, thrips prepupae (Also: shore fly larvae) |
| Spider mite predator |
Phytoseiulus persimilis, other phytoseiids Amblyseius californicus |
Spider mites |
| Green lacewings | Chrysoperla sp. | Aphids, whiteflies, mites, caterpillars |
| Minute pirate bug | Orius insidiosus | Thrips, other pests |
| Thrips predator |
Neoseiulus cucumeris Amblyseius degenerans Amblyseius cucumeris |
Thrips |
| Moth parasitoid | Trichogramma brassicae | Moth eggs |
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