Feeding, reproduction, and development of the red palm mite (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) on selected palms and banana cultivars in quarantine

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 276-291

  Cocco, Arturo ^a,b   Hoy, Marjorie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cabbage palm; Coconut; Dwarf palmetto; Host plants; Laboratory rearing; Needle palm; Raoiella indica; Saw palmetto

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CULTIVAR; EVERGREEN TREE; FEEDING; HERB; HOST PLANT; MITE; MORTALITY; PEST SPECIES; REARING; REPRODUCTION;

ACARI; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CAPSICUM PUBESCENS; MUSA; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; RHAPIDOPHYLLUM HYSTRIX; SABAL; SABAL MINOR; SABAL PALMETTO; SERENOA REPENS; TENUIPALPIDAE;

EID: 67651087355     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.092.0212     Document Type: Article

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