The predatory mite Hypoaspis miles: Biological and demographic characteristics on two prey species, the mushroom sciarid fly, Lycoriella solani, and the mould mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-146

  Enkegaard, A ^a   Sardar, M A ^b   Brodsgaard H F ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

biological control; demography; food consumption; Hypoaspis miles; life tables; Lycoriella solani; soil inhabiting predatory mite; Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Indexed keywords

HYPOASPIS MILES; LYCORIELLA SOLANI; TYROPHAGUS PUTRESCENTIAE; ACARI; DIPTERA; LYCORIIDAE;

EGG PRODUCTION; MOULD MITE; MUSHROOM FLY; OVIPOSITION; PREDATORY MITE; PREY CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0030617569     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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