Environment and host-plant genotype effects on the seasonal dynamics of a predatory mite on cassava in sub-humid tropical Africa

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-331

  Zundel, Christine ^b,c   Nagel, Peter ^b   Hanna, Rachid ^c   Korner, Fränzi ^d   Scheidegger, Urs ^a  

^a Swiss College of Agriculture   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^d Statistical Analysis and Consulting   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apex pubescence; Classical biological control; Manihot esculenta; Mononychellus tanajoa; Plant predator interaction; Relative humidity; Typhlodromalus aripo

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; MONONYCHELLUS TANAJOA; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TYPHLODROMALUS ARIPO;

EID: 67651227417     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2009.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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