Effect of seven different pollens on bio-ecological parameters of the predatory mite Typhlodromus foenilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 340-347

  Papadopoulos, G D ^a   Papadoulis, G Th ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Development; Life table; Phytoseiidae; Pollen; Typhlodromus foenilis

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECUNDITY; LIFE TABLE; MITE; NUT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHOTOPERIOD; POLLEN; PREDATION; REARING; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MITE; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LONGEVITY; MALE; MITES; NYMPH; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

ACARI; JUGLANS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS DULCIS; PRUNUS SIMONII; PYRUS; TYPHLODROMUS;

EID: 43649088859     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[340:EOSDPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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