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 , M. Haghani ² , A. Jamshidnia ³ , A. A. Zamani ⁴ , N. Farrar ⁵

1 - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran
2 - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran
3 - Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, College of Abouraihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
5 - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

Received: 2012-04-30 Accepted : 2013-06-17 Published : 2014-02-20

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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.