Ahmed, W., Ibrahim, A. (2001). FEEDING CAPACITY, REPRODUCTION AND COMPETITION BETWEEN THE TWO PREDATORS, Agistemus exsertus GONZALEZ (PROSTIGMATA: STIGMAEIDAE) AND Orius Laevigatus (FIEBER) (HEMIPTERA: ANTHOCORIDAE) ASSOCIATING WITH THE SPIDER MITE, Tetranychus urticae KOCH. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 26(9), 5783-5790. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2002.256638
Wafaa O. G Ahmed; A. M.A. Ibrahim. "FEEDING CAPACITY, REPRODUCTION AND COMPETITION BETWEEN THE TWO PREDATORS, Agistemus exsertus GONZALEZ (PROSTIGMATA: STIGMAEIDAE) AND Orius Laevigatus (FIEBER) (HEMIPTERA: ANTHOCORIDAE) ASSOCIATING WITH THE SPIDER MITE, Tetranychus urticae KOCH". Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 26, 9, 2001, 5783-5790. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2002.256638
Ahmed, W., Ibrahim, A. (2001). 'FEEDING CAPACITY, REPRODUCTION AND COMPETITION BETWEEN THE TWO PREDATORS, Agistemus exsertus GONZALEZ (PROSTIGMATA: STIGMAEIDAE) AND Orius Laevigatus (FIEBER) (HEMIPTERA: ANTHOCORIDAE) ASSOCIATING WITH THE SPIDER MITE, Tetranychus urticae KOCH', Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 26(9), pp. 5783-5790. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2002.256638
Ahmed, W., Ibrahim, A. FEEDING CAPACITY, REPRODUCTION AND COMPETITION BETWEEN THE TWO PREDATORS, Agistemus exsertus GONZALEZ (PROSTIGMATA: STIGMAEIDAE) AND Orius Laevigatus (FIEBER) (HEMIPTERA: ANTHOCORIDAE) ASSOCIATING WITH THE SPIDER MITE, Tetranychus urticae KOCH. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2001; 26(9): 5783-5790. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2002.256638
FEEDING CAPACITY, REPRODUCTION AND COMPETITION BETWEEN THE TWO PREDATORS, Agistemus exsertus GONZALEZ (PROSTIGMATA: STIGMAEIDAE) AND Orius Laevigatus (FIEBER) (HEMIPTERA: ANTHOCORIDAE) ASSOCIATING WITH THE SPIDER MITE, Tetranychus urticae KOCH
1Plant Protection Research Institute, Min. of Agric., Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
2Dept. of Economic Entomology and Pesticides, Fac. of Agric., Cairo Univ. Giza, Egypt.
Abstract
The prostigmaeid Agistemusexsertus and the anthocorid Orius Laevigatus co-exist on many economic plants predating upon the tetranychid, Tetranychusurticae. The present paper shed light on the bioactivity of these two predators when fed on eggs and immatures of this prey. Competitive study revealed that A. exsertus is a potenial competitor to O. laevigatus; being more voracious, higher in its productivity and higher in its survival rate.