Life table characteristics of Macrolophus caliginosus preying upon Tetranychus urticae

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 269-275

  Hansen, Dorthe L ^a   Brødsgaard, Henrik F ^b   Enkegaard, Annie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biological control; Development time; Fecundity; Glasshouse pests; Intrinsic rate of increase; Life table; Longevity; Macrolophus caliginosus; Mirid bug; Mortality; Oviposition period; Sex ratio; Spider mite; Tetranychus urticae; Tomato

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; LIFE TABLE; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; OVIPOSITION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ACARI; HETEROPTERA; MACROLOPHUS CALIGINOSUS; MIRIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS TURKESTANI; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 0033369440     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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