Prey consumption and functional response of three acarophagous species to eggs of the two-spotted spider mite in the laboratory

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-105

  Gotoh, Tetsuo ^a   Nozawa, Mitsuyoshi ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Koichi ^a,c  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Dainippon Silk Foundation   (Japan)

^c ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amblyseius californicus; Functional response; Prey consumption; Scolothrips takahashii; Stethorus japonicus

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYSEIUS; ARANEAE; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS LUNATUS; STETHORUS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 1942472635     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2004.97     Document Type: Article

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