Plant architecture and prey distribution influence foraging behavior of the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-32

  Gontijo, Lessando M ^a,b   Nechols, James R ^b   Margolies, David C ^b   Cloyd, Raymond A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Phytoseiulus persimilis; Plant architecture; Predator foraging behavior; Prey distribution; Tetranychus urticae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CLIMBING PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MITE; MOVEMENT; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CUCUMBER; FEMALE; MITE; PREDATION; TETRANYCHIDAE;

ANIMALS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FEMALE; MITES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TETRANYCHIDAE;

ACARI; ARANEAE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 82355181068     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-011-9496-7     Document Type: Article

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