Egg hatching response to a range of air humidities for six species of predatory mites

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-244

  Ferrero, M ^a   Gigot, C ^a   Tixier, M S ^a   van Houten, Y M ^b   Kreiter, S ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^b Koppert BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acari; Amblyseius swirskii; Biological control; Neoseiulus idaeus; Phytoseiidae; Phytoseiulus longipes; Phytoseiulus macropilis; Phytoseiulus persimilis; R.h.50; Typhlodromus athiasae; VPD50

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DROUGHT; HATCHING; HUMIDITY; MITE; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ACARI; AMBLYSEIUS SWIRSKII; NEOSEIULUS IDAEUS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS LONGIPES; PHYTOSEIULUS MACROPILIS; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS; TYPHLODROMUS ATHIASAE;

EID: 77953654382     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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