EFFICIENCY OF THE PREDATORY MITE AGISTEMUS EXSERTUS GONZALEZ (ACARI: STIGMAEIDAE) AS BIOAGENT OF EPHESTIA CAUTELLA (WALKER) (LEPIDOPTERA : PYRALIDAE) | ||||
| Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology | ||||
| Article 14, Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2014, Page 151-157 PDF (430.15 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2014.87885 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| A. .M Halawa; K. A Aiad; M M EL-Sebaey | ||||
| Plant Protection Research institute- Agriculture research center- Cairo- Dokki -Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The efficiency of Agistemus exsertus Gonzalez was studied on Ephestia cautella (Walker) eggs as the food source in laboratory at two temperatures 25 °C and 30°C. Although a predatory successfully completed its life cycle exclusively on this prey, the rate of predation, life cycle, and oviposition were varied under different temperatures, whereas the predation rate listed 48 egg/individual and 57.71 egg / individuals at 25 °C and 30 °C, respectively, while the life cycle period was durated 16.05 days and 11.93 days, respectively. At the same previous conditions, the oviposition rate was durated 2.28 egg/day and 3.11 egg/day, respectively. Therefore, the predatory mite could play an important role in checking the population of Lepidopteran pest. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Biological control; Laboratory; Stigmaeid mites; Egypt; Date palm | ||||
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