Development and reproduction of Amblyseius largoensis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) feeding on pollen, Raoiella indica (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), and other microarthropods inhabiting coconuts in Florida, USA

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-129

  Carrillo, Daniel ^a   Peña, Jorge E ^a   Hoy, Marjorie A ^b   Frank, J Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyseius largoensis; Biological control; Cocos nucifera; Invasive species; Mites; Raoiella indica

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIET; EVERGREEN TREE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; LIFE CYCLE; LONGEVITY; MITE; MONOCOTYLEDON; OVIPOSITION; PEST SPECIES; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COCONUT; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; MITE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COCOS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMIDITY; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; MITES; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOPERIOD; POLLEN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; AMBLYSEIUS LARGOENSIS; AONIDIELLA ORIENTALIS; ARECACEAE; COCOS NUCIFERA; MUSACEAE; PHYTOSEIIDAE; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA; STRELITZIACEAE; TENUIPALPIDAE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 77956172754     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-010-9360-1     Document Type: Article

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