Life history and life table of Amblyseius badryi, as a specific predator of eriophyid grass mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae: Eriophyidae)

Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 422-428

  Abou Awad, B A ^a   El Sherif, A A ^b   Hassan, M F ^b   Abou Elela, M M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acari; Amblyseius badryi; Biology; Phytoseiidae; Predacious mites

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION;

LIFE HISTORY; LIFE TABLE; MITE; PREDATOR;

ACARI; AMBLYSEIUS BADRYI; ERIOPHYES DIOSCORIDIS; ERIOPHYIDAE; EUTETRANYCHUS ORIENTALIS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 0031719839     PISSN: 03408159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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