Suitability of different pollen as alternative food for the predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii (Acari, Phytoseiidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 259-283

  Goleva, Irina ^a   Zebitz, Claus P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bee pollen; Life table; Mortality; Nutrition; Preimaginal development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FEEDING; JUVENILE; LIFE TABLE; LONGEVITY; MITE; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PLANT; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

ACARI; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM; AMBLYSEIUS SWIRSKII; APOIDEA; BETULA PENDULA; CORYLUS AVELLANA; CROCUS; CROCUS VERNUS; ECHINOCEREUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS SYRIACUS; HIPPEASTRUM SP.; LILIUM; LILIUM MARTAGON; PAULOWNIA TOMENTOSA; PHYTOSEIIDAE; POACEAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS; TYPHA; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CLASSIFICATION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; LARVA; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MITE; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POLLEN; PREDATION; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LARVA; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MITES; NYMPH; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POLLEN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884704434     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-013-9700-z     Document Type: Article

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