Functional response of Stethorus gilvifrons (Col: Coccinelidae) prey on adult females of the sugar cane mite Oligonychus sacchari (Acari: Tetranychidae)
Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods
A. Darabi
1
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Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran
)
M. Haghani
2
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Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran
)
A. Jamshidnia
3
(
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, College of Abouraihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
)
A. A. Zamani
4
(
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
)
N. Farrar
5
(
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
)
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Abstract :
Functional response of Stethorus gilvifrons Mulsant on different densities of adult female mite Oligonychus sacchari McGregor on tree commercial cultivars of sugar cane (CP 48-103، CP 57-614 and CP 69-1062) was studied under laboratory conditions. Results of logistic regression revealed a type III functional response for all cultivars. According to the results searching efficiency of S. gilvifrons on CP 48-103, CP 57-614 and CP 69-1062 varying from 0.012- 0.60, 0.014- 0.70 and 0.014- 0.70 per h and the handling time was 0.366, 0.307 and 0.350 h, respectively.