Biological-control-based-integrated-pest-management of major pests occurring on sweet pepper in greenhouse during summer season was tried. As many as 2.1 Orius laevigatus per ㎡ were released in two times on June 6 and 19, and the population of thrips was kept under control and accordingly the damage was negligible throughout the season. To control aphids, a total of 0.8 Aphidius colemani per ㎡ were released in four times, 0.2 of them at a time, flonicamid on May 14 and July 18 and pymetrozine on June 14 and September 4 were sprayed on the spots of high aphid occurrence to reduce the release of the wasp, and the density of aphids was kept under control. Whitefly was controlled successfully by releasing a total of 343.4 Amblyseius swirski per ㎡ in nine times, 38.1 of them at a time, from May 9 until November 12 and dinotefuran was sprayed on November 12 when the density of whitefly increased up to 200 per trap. Tetranichus kanzawai was controlled by both Phytoseiulus persimilis which was released a total of 44.4 per ㎡ in five times 8.9 of them at a time from May 23 to September 10, and the A. swirski which was released for the control of whitefly.

By releasing predatory mite, Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot, with 25 individuals per cucumber plant in a commercial greenhouse (1,600 ㎡), the population of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), was kept under the economic threshold level. The initial thrips population of 18.3 individuals per leaf decreased to 2.1 individuals per leaf after four weeks, while the number of A. swirskii reached to 16.6 individuals per leaf. It was also observed that at a point where the thrips occurred in high density of about 34.3 individuals per leaf, A. swirskii population built up on the lower part of cucumber plant first, but as time passed the predatory mites moved upward to the top of the plant and aggregated.

Without pesticide applications, mass-trapping by sex pheromone was successful to control Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) in a large scale tomato glasshouse (10,000 ㎡) at a low cost of 60 won/㎡. Pheromone traps were placed both inside and outside of the glasshouse. Inside the glasshouse traps were installed in a regular space, one trap per 500 ㎡, to catch the moths that were present in the glasshouse, and traps were also set outside of the glasshouse, at intervals of ca. 20 m, to prevent the moths from invading the glasshouse. In the experiment, more than 400 S. litura were captured per trap.

On the leaf disc of fruit vegetables (cucumber, sweet pepper, tomato, egg plant, oriental melon), it has been evaluated that the capability of four predatory mites (Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot, Neoseiulus barkeri (Hughes), N. cucumeris (Oudemans), N. californicus (McGregor)) to prey on the eggs of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) and to lay own eggs. The most aggressive mite was A. swirskii which had consumed about 9~12 eggs in a day. The quantity of eggs consumed by N. barkeri, N. cucumeris and N. californicus was about 6~9, 4~6 and 1~4, respectively. The most productive mite was also A. swirskii which had laid about 1.2~1.9 eggs in a day. The others could not lay more than 0.5 eggs in a day.

김제시 만경읍에 위치한 5,000㎡ 규모의 토마토 유리 온실에서 담배가루이의 분포 특성을 조사하였다. 유리온실을 66개(11×6)의 구획으로 나누고 구획 별로 토마토 한 주를 임의로 선택한 다음, 각 결과소지 바로 위에 있는 우상복엽에서 한 잎을 절취하여 현미경을 이용하여 검경하였다. 선택된 잎은 상부에서부터 차례로 번호를 부여하였다. 대체로 1번 잎은 신초 부위, 2번 잎은 한 개 이상의 꽃이 핀 결과소지의 바로 위쪽, 3번 잎은 꽃이 모두 만개하였거나 한 개 이상의 과실이 형성되기 시작한 결과소지 바로 위쪽에서 선택되었으며, 주당 평균 7개의 잎을 조사하였다. 조사기간은 2008년 1월 초부터 4월 초까지이며, 1~2주 간격으로 총 10회에 걸친 조사가 이루어졌다. 조사 기간 동안 담배가루이의 밀도가 기하급수적으로 증가하였기 때문에, 6회 조사 직후인 3월초에 스피로메시펜을 처리하여 방제하였다. 약제처리 직후 담배가루이 알의 밀도는 급격하게 감소하였지만, 약충의 밀도는 일시적인 증가추세를 유지하였다. 담배가루이의 토마토 주내 분포는 잘 분화된 층위구조를 보였는데, 알은 3번 잎에서 가장 많았고, 1령 약충은 4~5번 잎에서 가장 많았으며, 나머지 약충과 번데기ㆍ탈피각은 6~7번 잎에서 가장 많았다. 온실 전체의 담배가루이 밀도 분포 또한 안정적인 구조를 유지하였는데, 조사를 시작할 때 담배가루이 밀도가 높았던 곳이 조사 종료시점까지도 높은 밀도를 유지하였다. 한편 담배가루이는 이웃한 열로 확산되어 옮겨가기 보다는 같은 열의 작업경로를 따라 확산되는 경향을 보였다.