Phytoseiid predators of whiteflies feed and reproduce on non-prey food sources

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 15-26

  Nomikou, Maria ^a   Janssen, Arne ^a   Sabelis, Maurice W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternative food; Bemisia tabaci; Biological control; Euseius scutalis; Omnivory; Pollen; Typhlodromips swirskii; Whitefly produced honeydew

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PEST CONTROL; POLLEN; PREDATION; WHITEFLY;

ACARI; ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA; BEMISIA TABACI; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; EUSEIUS; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TYPHA;

ACARI; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAN; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CUCUMBER; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POLLEN; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ACARI; ANIMALS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHASEOLUS; PLANT LEAVES; POLLEN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1142263361     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000005142.31959.e8     Document Type: Article

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