Effect of trichomes on the predation of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) by Phytoseiulus macropilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on tomato, and the interference of webbing

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-32

  Sato, Monica M ^a   de Moraes, Gilberto J ^a   Haddad, Marineia L ^a   Wekesa, Vitalis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological control; Predatory mites; Solanaceae; Trichomes

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; FRUIT; LABORATORY METHOD; LOCOMOTION; MITE; OVIPOSITION; PREDATION; PREY CAPTURE; TRICHOME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREDATION; TETRANYCHIDAE; TOMATO;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TETRANYCHIDAE;

BRAZIL;

ACARI; ARANEAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS MACROPILIS; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM MELONGENA; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 79953323630     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-011-9426-8     Document Type: Article

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