Effects of relative humidity on development, fecundity and survival of three storage mites

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 87-100

  Sánchez Ramos, Ismael ^a,b   Álvarez Alfageme, Fernando ^a   Castañera, Pedro ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acarus farris; Development; Relative humidity; Reproduction; Tyrophagus neiswanderi; Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FECUNDITY; JUVENILE; MITE; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; HUMIDITY; LARVA; LONGEVITY; METHODOLOGY; MITE; OOCYTE; PEST CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMIDITY; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MITES; OVUM; PEST CONTROL; REPRODUCTION;

ACARI; ACARUS FARRIS; TYROPHAGUS; TYROPHAGUS NEISWANDERI; TYROPHAGUS PUTRESCENTIAE;

EID: 33947510715     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-007-9052-7     Document Type: Article

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