Life tables of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus longipes feeding on Tetranychus evansi at four temperatures (Acari: Phytoseiidae, Tetranychidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 45-53

  Ferrero, Maxime ^a   De Moraes, Gilberto J ^b   Kreiter, Serge ^a   Tixier, Marie Stéphane ^a   Knapp, Markus ^c  

^a MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biological control; Life tables; Phytoseiulus longipes; Temperatures; Tetranychus evansi

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE TABLE; MITE; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE TABLE; MITE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIFE TABLES; MITES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACARI; ARANEAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS LONGIPES; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS EVANSI;

EID: 33947514285     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-007-9053-6     Document Type: Article

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