Impact of the predatory mite Anystis baccarum (Prostigmata: Anystidae) on apple rust mite Aculus schlechtendali (Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) populations in Northern Ireland Bramley orchards

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-114

  Cuthbertson, A G S ^a,c   Bell, A C ^a,b   Murchie, A K ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aculus schlechtendali; Anystis baccarum; Apple rust mite; Bramley apple; Exclusion; Hormoligosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; MITE; ORCHARD; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACARI; ACULUS SCHLECHTENDALI; ANYSTIDAE; ANYSTIS; ANYSTIS BACCARUM; ERIOPHYIDAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PROSTIGMATA;

EID: 0037672912     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2003.tb00235.x     Document Type: Article

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