Temperature-dependent development and life table of Iphiseius degenerans (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 212-218

  Tsoukanas, V I ^a   Papadopoulos, G D ^a   Fantinou, A A ^a   Papadoulis, G Th ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Development; Iphiseius degenerans; Life table; Phytoseiidae; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; LIFE TABLE; LONGEVITY; MITE; OVIPOSITION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ACARI; IPHISEIUS DEGENERANS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 33750223513     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.2.212     Document Type: Article

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