Intraspecific variation in the olfactory response of the predatory mite Neoseiulus womersleyi Schicha (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to different amount of spider mite-infested plant volatiles

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-215

  Maeda, Taro ^a   Liu, Yining ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inter population variation; Neoseiulus womersleyi; Olfactory response; Selection; Tetranychus urticae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; NEOSEIULUS WOMERSLEYI; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 33744958011     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2006.209     Document Type: Article

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