TY - JOUR
T1 - Phytoseiidae increase with pollen deposition on citrus leaves
AU - Villanueva, R. T.
AU - Childers, C. C.
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - A positive correlation was found between numbers of phytoseiids and numbers of pollen grains on grapefruit leaves in this study. One or more pollens are important food sources for many phytoseiid species. Pollens of Citrus sp., Pinus sp., Quercus sp., and other plants coincided with increases in phytoseiid numbers in the field. The dominant phytoseiid species, I. quadripilis and T. peregrinus, are generalists that can be reared in the laboratory on exclusive diets of pollen from the ice plant, Malephora crocea (Jacquin).
AB - A positive correlation was found between numbers of phytoseiids and numbers of pollen grains on grapefruit leaves in this study. One or more pollens are important food sources for many phytoseiid species. Pollens of Citrus sp., Pinus sp., Quercus sp., and other plants coincided with increases in phytoseiid numbers in the field. The dominant phytoseiid species, I. quadripilis and T. peregrinus, are generalists that can be reared in the laboratory on exclusive diets of pollen from the ice plant, Malephora crocea (Jacquin).
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U2 - 10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0609:PIWPDO]2.0.CO;2
DO - 10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0609:PIWPDO]2.0.CO;2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:12344262862
SN - 0015-4040
VL - 87
SP - 609
EP - 611
JO - Florida Entomologist
JF - Florida Entomologist
IS - 4
ER -