The phenology, oviposition and feeding rate of Anystis baccarum, a predatory mite in Bramley apple orchards in Northern Ireland

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 367-373

  Cuthbertson, Andrew G S ^a,b   Murchie, Archie K ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; OVIPOSITION; PHENOLOGY;

ANIMAL; APPLE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALUS; MITES; NORTHERN IRELAND; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ANYSTIS; ANYSTIS BACCARUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 11944266938     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-004-0232-4     Document Type: Article

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