Vulnerability of Bemisia tabaci immatures to phytoseiid predators: Consequences for oviposition and influence of alternative food

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-102

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acari; Aleurodidae; Biological control; Euseius scutalis; Hemiptera; Honeydew; Phytoseiidae; Pollen; Prey stage; Typhlodromips swirskii; Whiteflies

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIETARY SHIFT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MITE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; WHITEFLY;

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

EID: 1142306007     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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