Prey stage preference and functional response of Euseius hibisci to Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Phytoseiidae, Tetranychidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 263-273

  Badii, Mohammad H ^a   Hernández Ortiz, Emilio ^b   Flores, Adriana E ^a   Landeros, Jeronimo ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b Programa Moscamed SAGAR CONASAG   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA AGRARIA ANTONIO NARRO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alternative food; Euseius hibisci; Functional response; Predation; Strawberry; Tetranychus urticae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HANDLING TIME; PREDATION; PREY PREFERENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRAWBERRY;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRAGARIA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MITES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; EUSEIUS; EUSEIUS HIBISCI; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; LIGUSTRUM OVALIFOLIUM; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; URTICAE;

EID: 11944250241     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-004-1180-8     Document Type: Article

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