Functional response ofMacrolophus pygmaeus(Rambur) andNesidiocoris tenuis(Reuter) feeding on two different prey species

Autor:	Qodratollah Sabahi, Iman Sharifian, Javad Khoshabi
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	0106 biological sciences Zoology Biology biology.organism_classification Gelechiidae 01 natural sciences Hemiptera Miridae Predation Lepidoptera genitalia 010602 entomology Botany Tuta absoluta Agronomy and Crop Science Predator 010606 plant biology & botany Pyralidae
Zdroj:	Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection. 48:910-920
ISSN:	1477-2906 0323-5408
Popis:	Functional response type and predatory parameters of Macrolophus pygmaeus and Nesidiocoris tenuis (Hemiptera: Miridae), the two important predators widely used in IPM programmes at tomato greenhouses, were investigated. The predators fed on Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) or Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) eggs. Different densities of prey eggs including 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 (latest only for E. kuehniella) were used at laboratory conditions. The results showed that both predatory bugs had type II functional response. Also, predation indices were significantly different between the predators. Although N. tenuis was more efficient against T. absoluta eggs than M. pygmaeus, M. pygmaeus predatory indices showed that this predator was more efficient on E. kuehniella eggs. Thus, minimum and maximum attack rate were observed in N. tenuis fed on E. kuehniella (0.0871 h−1) and T. absoluta (0.2514 h−1) eggs, respectively. Whilst, the minimum and maximum handling time were ob...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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