Prey-stage preferences and functional and numerical responses of Amblyseius largoensis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to Raoiella indica (Acari: Tenuipalpidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 361-372

  Carrillo, Daniel ^a   Peña, Jorge E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyseius largoensis; Cocos nucifera; Functional response; Invasive species; Mites; Numerical response; Prey stage preference; Raoiella indica

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EVERGREEN TREE; MITE; OVIPOSITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY PREFERENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; LARVA; MITE; NYMPH; OOCYTE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; LARVA; MITES; NYMPH; OVUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ACARI; AMBLYSEIUS LARGOENSIS; ARECACEAE; COCOS NUCIFERA; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TENUIPALPIDAE;

EID: 84861481564     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-011-9488-7     Document Type: Article

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