Temporal and spatial dynamics of an exotic predatory mite and its herbivorous mite prey on cassava in Benin, West Africa

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 866-874

  Onzo, A ^a,b   Hanna, R ^a,c   Sabelis, M W ^b   Yaninek, J S ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c c/o L W Lambourn ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enumerative sampling; Mononychellus tanajoa; Phytoseiidae; Tetranychidae; Typhlodromalus aripo

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST SPECIES; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; MONONYCHELLUS PROGRESIVUS; MONONYCHELLUS TANAJOA; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TYPHLODROMALUS ARIPO;

EID: 23444450569     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.4.866     Document Type: Article

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