Effect of air humidity on the egg viability of predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae, Stigmaeidae) common on rubber trees in Brazil

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-32

  De Vis, Raf Michaël Julien ^a,b   De Moraes, Gilberto José ^a   Bellini, Marcos Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Proefstation Voor de Groenteteelt ^*  (Belgium)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological control; Euphorbiaceae; Hevea brasiliensis; Phytoseiidae; Relative humidity; Stigmaeidae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EGG DEVELOPMENT; HUMIDITY; MITE; PREDATOR; RUBBER; VIABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEVEA; HUMIDITY; INFESTATION; LARVA; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEVEA; HUMIDITY; LARVA; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACARI; AGISTEMUS FLORIDANUS; AMBLYSEIUS; CALACARUS HEVEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; EUSEIUS; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; METASEIULUS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; STIGMAEIDAE; TENUIPALPUS; ZETZELLIA;

EID: 33645129392     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-005-5444-8     Document Type: Article

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