Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica (2016) 51, 123-132

F.M. Momen, Abd-Elrady K. Nasr, Abd-Elsatar M. Metwally, Y.A. Mahmoud and K.M. Saleh (2016)
Performance of five species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on Bactrocera zonata eggs (Diptera: Tephritidae) as a factitious food
Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 51 (1), 123-132
Abstract: Development, survival and reproduction of the generalist predatory mites, Amblyseius largoensis (Muma), Neoseiulus barkeri (Hughes), Typhlodromips swirskii (Athias-Henriot), Proprioseiopsis kadii (El-Halawany and Abdel-Samad) and Cydnosus negevi (Swirski and Amitai) were assessed when fed on eggs of Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) (Diptera: Tephritidae) as a factitious food. For N. barkeri and P. kadii, the development was faster, while the reproduction was higher in N. barkeri and A. largoensis than for P. kadii. Survival of immatures of T. swirskii and C. negevi was low on eggs of B. zonata and all failed to develop beyond the protonymphal stage.
A total of 35.4, 31.2 and 19.6 eggs per female, respectively, were obtained when N. barkeri, A. largoensis and P. kadii were fed B. zonata eggs. A diet of the peach fruit fly eggs provided the longest female longevity and highest mean total fecundity, which resulted in the highest net reproductive rate (Ro=34.61 and 32.78) and doubling time (DT=1.53 and 1.60) for N. barkeri and A. largoensis, respectively.
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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:
rearing/culturing/mass production

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
Neoseiulus barkeri (predator)
Amblyseius swirskii (predator)
Amblyseius largoensis (predator)