Biology and Feeding Efficiency of the Predatory Mite Amblyseius longispinosus (Evans) on Chilli Mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks)

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Authors

  • University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore ,IN
  • University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore ,IN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/1988/4247

Keywords:

Amblyseius longispinosus, Predatory Mite, Biology, Feeding Potential, Polyphagotarsonemus latus.

Abstract

Biology of Amblyseius iongispinosus (Evans) and its feeding efficiency has been reponed on tetranychid mites (Mallik. 1974; Mallik and ChannaBasavanna 1983). However, information on its biology and feeding potential on chilli mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) is not available, and so experiments were conducted under laboratory conditions to study these parameters.