The predatory mite Typhlodromus pyri (Acari: Phytoseiidae) causes feeding scars on leaves and fruits of apple

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 45-53

  Sengonca, C ^a   Khan, I A ^a   Blaeser, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apple; Feeding scars; Panonychus ulmi; Plant feeding; Predatory mite; Typhlodromus pyri

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; ORCHARD; PREDATOR; VINEYARD; YIELD;

ANIMAL; APPLE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; POLLEN; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALUS; MITES; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; POLLEN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; LONCHOCARPUS CAPASSA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PANONYCHUS; PANONYCHUS ULMI; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TYPHLODROMUS PYRI;

EID: 4043136049     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000029965.47111.f3     Document Type: Article

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