Influence of temperature and vapor pressure deficit on the rate of predation by the predatory mite, Amblyseius cucumeris, on Frankliniella occidentalis

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-38

  Shipp, J L ^a   Ward, K I ^a,c   Gillespie, T J ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c PRT Ladner Nursery   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amblyseius cucumeris; Frankliniella occidentalis; Rate of predation; Temperature; Vapor pressure deficit

Indexed keywords

AMBLYSEIUS CUCUMERIS; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0030018951     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00762.x     Document Type: Article

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