REARING THE TWO PREDATORY MITES, NEOSEIULUS CALIFORNICUSAND PHYTOSEIULUS MACROPILIS ON THE TWO-SPOTTED SPIDER MITE, TETRANYCHUS URTICAE AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF POLLEN (ACARI:PHYTOSEIIDAE & TETRANYCHIDAE)
HEIKAL, I., MOWAFI, M., EBRAHIM, A. (2008). REARING THE TWO PREDATORY MITES, NEOSEIULUS CALIFORNICUSAND PHYTOSEIULUS MACROPILIS ON THE TWO-SPOTTED SPIDER MITE, TETRANYCHUS URTICAE AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF POLLEN (ACARI:PHYTOSEIIDAE & TETRANYCHIDAE). EKB Journal Management System, 86(4), 1335-1343. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2008.209786
IBRAHIM H. HEIKAL; MOSTAFA H. MOWAFI; AHMED A. EBRAHIM. "REARING THE TWO PREDATORY MITES, NEOSEIULUS CALIFORNICUSAND PHYTOSEIULUS MACROPILIS ON THE TWO-SPOTTED SPIDER MITE, TETRANYCHUS URTICAE AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF POLLEN (ACARI:PHYTOSEIIDAE & TETRANYCHIDAE)". EKB Journal Management System, 86, 4, 2008, 1335-1343. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2008.209786
HEIKAL, I., MOWAFI, M., EBRAHIM, A. (2008). 'REARING THE TWO PREDATORY MITES, NEOSEIULUS CALIFORNICUSAND PHYTOSEIULUS MACROPILIS ON THE TWO-SPOTTED SPIDER MITE, TETRANYCHUS URTICAE AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF POLLEN (ACARI:PHYTOSEIIDAE & TETRANYCHIDAE)', EKB Journal Management System, 86(4), pp. 1335-1343. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2008.209786
HEIKAL, I., MOWAFI, M., EBRAHIM, A. REARING THE TWO PREDATORY MITES, NEOSEIULUS CALIFORNICUSAND PHYTOSEIULUS MACROPILIS ON THE TWO-SPOTTED SPIDER MITE, TETRANYCHUS URTICAE AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF POLLEN (ACARI:PHYTOSEIIDAE & TETRANYCHIDAE). EKB Journal Management System, 2008; 86(4): 1335-1343. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2008.209786

REARING THE TWO PREDATORY MITES, NEOSEIULUS CALIFORNICUSAND PHYTOSEIULUS MACROPILIS ON THE TWO-SPOTTED SPIDER MITE, TETRANYCHUS URTICAE AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF POLLEN (ACARI:PHYTOSEIIDAE & TETRANYCHIDAE)

Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research
Article 15, Volume 86, Issue 4, December 2008, Page 1335-1343  XML PDF (1.88 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2008.209786
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Authors
IBRAHIM H. HEIKAL1; MOSTAFA H. MOWAFI2; AHMED A. EBRAHIM1
1Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
2Zoology and Nematology Department, Department of Pest Control & Environmental, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Nasr city, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
The two predatory mites , Neoseiulus (Amblyselus) calilornycus (McGregor) and Phytoseiulus macropilis (Banks) were mass reared in the laboratory on mulberry leaf arenas infested with the two-spotted spider mite as animal diet and pollen as plant diet. Both predators were successfully maintained and mass reared on the two-spotted spider mites . The rate of increase of IV.calilanicus on the two-spotted spider mite were &I, 12.0 and 23.5 fold after 6 ,12 and 15 days, respectively . While that of P. maavpilis they were 17.9 ,33.6 and 53.1 fold . Pollen of apricot , palm , peach and apple were unsuitable for rearing the predatory mite , P. macropilis , but proved to be suitable for the predatory mite , N. califomy4us However, the rate of the predator increase were comparatively low when compared with rearing on the two-spotted spider mite ,Tetranychus urficae Koch . They were 1.2 , 3.6 , 1.5 and 1.8 fold after 15 days when reared on pollen of apricot , palm , peach and apple , respectively .
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