Fertility and sex ratio of Typhlodromus athiasae and T. negevi under experimental conditions: Influence of prey density (Tetranychus urticae)

Acarologia

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Momen, Faten M ^a   El Borolossy, Maher ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Experimental conditions; Fertility; Prey availability; Reproduction; Typhlodromus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040115418     PISSN: 0044586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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