Effect of type of prey on the life parameters of the soil predacious mite, gamasiphis tylophagous (Mesostigmata: Ologamasidae), a predator of the citrus parasitic nematode, tylenchulus semipenetrans (Tylenchida: Tylenchulidae)

Acarologia

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-28

  El Banhawy, E M ^a   El Sawaf, B M ^b   Osman, H O ^a   Afia, S I ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acarina; Gamasidae; Gamasiphis tylophagous; Nematoda; Tylenchulus semipenetrans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039530834     PISSN: 0044586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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