Effect of temperature on life table parameters of predatory thrips Scolothrips longicornis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) fed on twospotted spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 799-805

  Pakyari, Hajar ^a   Fathipour, Yaghoub ^b   Enkegaard, Annie ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

biological control; fecundity; intrinsic rate of increase; population growth; temperature threshold

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT; IRAN; LIFE TABLE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TETRANYCHIDAE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; IRAN; LIFE TABLES; MALE; TEMPERATURE; TETRANYCHIDAE;

ACARI; SCOLOTHRIPS LONGICORNIS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 79960369645     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC10144     Document Type: Article

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