Possibility of Utilizing Neoseiulus californicus (Mcgregor) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to Control Oxycenus niloticus Zaher and Abou-Awad (Acari: Eriophyidae)
The life history and predation rate of the predatory mite, Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) on the olive mite, Oxycenus niloticus Zaher and Abou-Awad and Tetranychus urticae Koch, were separately studied at 25°C and 60-70% R.H. O. niloticus was collected from the upper surface of olive leaves Olea europdea L. and the two-spotted spider mite, T. urticae from castor oil plant Ricinus communis. All movable stages of the predator were able to devour O. niloticus more than T. urticae adult female. Predation rate, life cycle, and oviposition periods varied depending on type of prey. Predator larva, protonymph, deutonymph and adult female and male consumed 1.2,6.8,7.9,11.7 and 10.1 of O. niloticus adults or 0.1, 1.9, 2.8,3.6 and 3.1 of T. urticae adults per day, respectively. Nevertheless, the intrinsic rate of natural increase (rm) was lower on O. niloticus than on T. urticae, 0.l58 and 0.210, respectively. Results indicated the effectiveness of N. californicus as an important biological control agent against O. niloticus.
Ebrahim, A., Abdallah, A., & Elsayed, K. (2013). Possibility of Utilizing Neoseiulus californicus (Mcgregor) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to Control Oxycenus niloticus Zaher and Abou-Awad (Acari: Eriophyidae). Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology, 7(2), 63-66. doi: 10.21608/ajesa.2013.163740
MLA
A. A. Ebrahim; A. A. Abdallah; K. M. Elsayed. "Possibility of Utilizing Neoseiulus californicus (Mcgregor) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to Control Oxycenus niloticus Zaher and Abou-Awad (Acari: Eriophyidae)". Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology, 7, 2, 2013, 63-66. doi: 10.21608/ajesa.2013.163740
HARVARD
Ebrahim, A., Abdallah, A., Elsayed, K. (2013). 'Possibility of Utilizing Neoseiulus californicus (Mcgregor) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to Control Oxycenus niloticus Zaher and Abou-Awad (Acari: Eriophyidae)', Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology, 7(2), pp. 63-66. doi: 10.21608/ajesa.2013.163740
VANCOUVER
Ebrahim, A., Abdallah, A., Elsayed, K. Possibility of Utilizing Neoseiulus californicus (Mcgregor) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to Control Oxycenus niloticus Zaher and Abou-Awad (Acari: Eriophyidae). Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology, 2013; 7(2): 63-66. doi: 10.21608/ajesa.2013.163740
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