Comparison of Tetranychus evansi and T. urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) as prey for eight species of phytoseiid mites.

Eigth phytoseiid species were tested to evaluate and compare their potential as predators of Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard and T. urticae (Koch). The study was conducted using arenas of excised nightshade (Solanum douglasii Dunal) and Lima Bean (Phaseolus vulagris, L.) leaves infested wit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: MORAES, G. J. de, McMURTRY, J. A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1985
País:Brasil
Institución:Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br:doc/1068387
Acceso en línea:http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1068387
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Acaro fitoseideo
Comparacao
Oviposição
Presa
Ácaro predador
Insect
Ácaro
Inseto
Tomate
Controle Biológico
Tetranychus Urticae
Sobrevivência
Tetranychidae
Acari
Amblyseius
Phytoseiulus
Tetranychus evansi
Typhlodromus
Phytoseiidae
Phytoseius
Descripción
Sumario:Eigth phytoseiid species were tested to evaluate and compare their potential as predators of Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard and T. urticae (Koch). The study was conducted using arenas of excised nightshade (Solanum douglasii Dunal) and Lima Bean (Phaseolus vulagris, L.) leaves infested with either Tetranychus species. When the prey was T. evansi, the predators Amblyseius californicus (McGregor) and Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot from Ventura, california, showed the highest oviposition rates. However those rates were 4 to 6 times lower than rates for the same predators feeding on T. urticae. Only A. californicus and the strain of P. persimilis from Beni-Mellal, Morocco, had survivorship higher than 50% 8 days after the beginning of the experiment.The results indicated that T. evansi is an unfavorable prey for all the phytoseiids tested.