Effect of different prey species and non-prey food on the development of the predaceous mite Proprioseiopsis lindquisti (Schuster & Pritchard) (Acari-Phytoseidae).
El-Hady M. M.
Author Affiliation: Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Doky, Giza, Egypt.
Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 15 : 157-158
Abstract : The predatory mite, Proprioseiopsis lindquisti, was fed on Tetranychus urticae and Oligonychus mangifera [O. mangiferus] as prey and on pollens of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) and mango tree (Mangifera indica) as non-prey foods. A comparative acceptance of the two different pollens comparing with the two different prey mites was carried out. Efficiency of food was measured against time required for development between egg deposition and adult. The number of deposited eggs increased when fed on T. urticae and O. mangifera.