Intraguild predation and feeding preferences in three species of phytoseiid mite used for biological control

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 43-55

  Hatherly, Ian S ^a   Bale, Jeffrey S ^a   Walters, Keith F A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Neoseiulus californicus; Predatory mite; Tetranychus urticae; Typhlodromips montdorensis; Typhlodromus pyri

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; MITE; PREDATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MITE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ACARI; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; NEOSEIULUS CALIFORNICUS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; TYPHLODROMIPS MONTDORENSIS; TYPHLODROMUS PYRI;

EID: 25444461183     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-005-0358-z     Document Type: Article

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