Development, survivorship, and reproduction of Amblyseius largoensis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on selected plant pollens and temperatures

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 488-494

  Yue, Bisong ^a,b   Tsai, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amblyseius largoensis; biology; pollens; predatory mite; temperature effect

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACRONICTA LEPORINA; AMBLYSEIUS; AMBLYSEIUS LARGOENSIS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; PHOENIX ROEBELENII; PHYTOSEIIDAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; TYPHA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 0030484837     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.2.488     Document Type: Article

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