Does Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) use flying insects as vectors for phoretic dispersal?

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 243-248

  Yano, Shuichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infested plant; Microcosm; Phoretic dispersal; T. urticae; Vector insects; Webs

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; MICROCOSM; MITE; VECTOR;

ACARI; ARANEAE; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PTERYGOTA; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LEGUME; PARASITOLOGY; TETRANYCHIDAE;

ANIMALS; FABACEAE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTS; TETRANYCHIDAE;

EID: 2942709925     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000023241.73640.e4     Document Type: Article

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