Effect of prey density on sex ratio of two predacious mites, Phytoseiulus persimilis and Amblyseius womersleyi (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 709-723

  Toyoshima, Shingo ^a   Amano, Hiroshi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egg size; Phytoseiidae; Prey density; Reproduction; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL EFFECT; MITE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEX RATIO;

ACARI; AMBLYSEIUS WOMERSLEYI; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS;

EID: 0032425892     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006093424452     Document Type: Article

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