Bringing the Crazee Mite to the Canadian market

Fruit & Vegetable Magazine, March 22, 2022
By Kaitlin Packer

Commercializing any new biocontrol agent is not easy, especially when it’s a cannibalistic, predatory mite that likes to eat everything in its path. However, the researchers at Vineland, along with their commercial partners at Applied Bio-nomics Ltd., decided to take on the challenge with Anystis baccarum – and now they’re seeing a load of potential for the Canadian market.