A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN SOME PREDATORY MITE SPECIES OF PHYTOSEIID MITES TO DETERMINE ITS ABILITY TO SURVIVE WITH OR WITHOUT WATER
Abdallah, A., El-Kawas, H. (2010). A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN SOME PREDATORY MITE SPECIES OF PHYTOSEIID MITES TO DETERMINE ITS ABILITY TO SURVIVE WITH OR WITHOUT WATER. EKB Journal Management System, 1(11), 845-852. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86949
A. A. Abdallah; H. M.G. El-Kawas. "A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN SOME PREDATORY MITE SPECIES OF PHYTOSEIID MITES TO DETERMINE ITS ABILITY TO SURVIVE WITH OR WITHOUT WATER". EKB Journal Management System, 1, 11, 2010, 845-852. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86949
Abdallah, A., El-Kawas, H. (2010). 'A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN SOME PREDATORY MITE SPECIES OF PHYTOSEIID MITES TO DETERMINE ITS ABILITY TO SURVIVE WITH OR WITHOUT WATER', EKB Journal Management System, 1(11), pp. 845-852. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86949
Abdallah, A., El-Kawas, H. A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN SOME PREDATORY MITE SPECIES OF PHYTOSEIID MITES TO DETERMINE ITS ABILITY TO SURVIVE WITH OR WITHOUT WATER. EKB Journal Management System, 2010; 1(11): 845-852. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86949

A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN SOME PREDATORY MITE SPECIES OF PHYTOSEIID MITES TO DETERMINE ITS ABILITY TO SURVIVE WITH OR WITHOUT WATER

Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology
Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 11, November 2010, Page 845-852  XML PDF (384.42 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2010.86949
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Authors
A. A. Abdallah1; H. M.G. El-Kawas2
1Agric. Zoology and Nematology Dept. Fac. Agric., Al – Azhar Univ.
2Plant Protection Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Centre, Dokki, Egypt
Abstract
The three different life styles phytoseiid predatory mite species, Phytoseiulus macropilis (Banks), Amblyseius californicus (McGregor) and A. cucumeris (Oudemans) were observedto investigate their ability to survive without food, young females were caged individually in the absence of prey, either with or without water.
In general, the female survival time with water was four to six and half times as long as the survival times without water regardless of the species. In the survival experiment without water, P. macropilis and A. cucumeris both lived shorter than A. californicus. In the survival experiment with water, A. californicus lived nearly 2 times longer than P. macropilis or A. cucumeris. Amblyseius californicus females showed a strong capacity to survive without food, which could be an important factor contributing to the persistence of A. californicus in comparison to other phytoseiids.
Keywords
Phytoseiulus macropilis; Amblyseius californicus and A. cucumeris
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