Acarologia (1999) 40, 19-23

Faten Momen and Maher El-Borolossy (1999)
Suitability of the citrus brown mite, Eutetranychus orientalis as prey for nine species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae, Phytoseiidae)
Acarologia 40 (1), 19-23
Abstract: Nine phytoseiid species were tested to evaluate their potential as predators of Eutetranychus orientalis (Klein). Typhlodromus athiasae Porath and Swirski, Amblyseius barkeri (Hughes) and A. olivi Nasr and Abou-Awad had a shorter developmental period than T. transvaalensis (Nesbitt). T. athiasae and A. barkeri showed the highest oviposition rates. A. olivi showed a low rate of oviposition although T. transvaalensis was not able to lay any eggs. Immatures survival of T. talbii Athias-Henriot, T. balanites El-Badry, Amblyseius badryi Yousef and El-Borolossy, A. cabonus (Schicha) and A. lindquisti Schuster and Pritchard were very low on E. orientalis and all failed to develop to adulthood.
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Database assignments for author(s): Faten M. Momen

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
evaluation - screening - selection

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Eutetranychus orientalis		Egypt
Neoseiulus barkeri (predator)	Eutetranychus orientalis		Egypt
Typhlodromus athiasae (predator)	Eutetranychus orientalis		Egypt
Euseius olivi (predator)	Eutetranychus orientalis		Egypt
Amblyseius badryi (predator)			Egypt