Generalist red velvet mite predator (Balaustium sp.) performs better on a mixed diet

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-32

  Muñoz Cárdenas, Karen ^a,c   Fuentes, Luz Stella ^b   Cantor, R Fernando ^c   Rodríguez, C Daniel ^c   Janssen, Arne ^a   Sabelis, Maurice W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD JORGE TADEO LOZANO   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MILITAR NUEVA GRANADA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Big bang reproduction; Life cycle; Life table parameters; Mixed diet; Semelparity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DIET; GENERALIST; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE TABLE; MITE; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTION; SEMELPARITY; SPECIALIST; SPIDER; SURVIVAL; THRIPS;

COLOMBIA;

ACARI; ALEYRODIDAE; ARTHROPODA; FRANKLINIELLA; FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS; PARASITENGONA; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; THYSANOPTERA; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; MITE; REPRODUCTION; THYSANOPTERA;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HEMIPTERA; MITES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 84888385090     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-013-9727-1     Document Type: Article

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