Functional responses of Iphiseius degenerans and Neoseiulus teke (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to changes in the density of the cassava green mite, Mononychellus tanajoa (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 259-271

  Nwilene, F E ^a,c   Nachman, G ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

cassava; Functional responses; Iphiseius degenerans; Mononychellus tanajoa; Neoseiulus teke

Indexed keywords

ACARI; IPHISEIUS DEGENERANS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; MONONYCHELLUS PROGRESIVUS; MONONYCHELLUS TANAJOA; NEOSEIULUS; NEOSEIULUS TEKE; PHYTOSEIIDAE; SIGMOIDEA; TETRANYCHIDAE;

PREDATION MODEL; PREY DENSITY;

EID: 0029662921     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052876     Document Type: Article

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