Leaf pubescence mediates the abundance of non-prey food and the density of the predatory mite Typhlodromus pyri

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 193-211

  Roda, A ^a   Nyrop, J ^b   English Loeb, G ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf pubescence; Phytoseiidae; Predatory mites; Tri trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MITE; TRICHOME; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; APPLE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INFESTATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POLLEN; TREE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALUS; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; PLANT LEAVES; POLLEN; SPORES, FUNGAL; TREES;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; FUNGI; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TYPHA; TYPHLODROMUS PYRI;

EID: 1642569647     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025874722092     Document Type: Article

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