How predatory mites find plants with whitefly prey

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 263-275

  Nomikou, Maria ^a,b   Meng, Ruixia ^c,d   Schraag, Ruud ^a   Sabelis, Maurice W ^a   Janssen, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Bio Insecta   (Greece)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bemisia tabaci; Herbivore induced plant volatiles; Olfaction; Phytoseiid mites; Searching behaviour

Indexed keywords

MITE; OLFACTION; PREY LOCATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CUCUMBER; HEMIPTERA; MITE; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; HEMIPTERA; MITES; ODORS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA TABACI; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; EUSEIUS SCUTALIS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TYPHLODROMIPS SWIRSKII;

EID: 23944520351     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-005-6650-0     Document Type: Article

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