Wednesday, December 12, 2001 -
D0587

Predator-prey relationships between Iphiseiodes zulagai and Brevipalpus phoenicis on citrus

Jose Carlos Verle Rodrigues, Centro de Citricultura-Sylvio Moreira, Instituto Agronomico de Campinas, Caixa Postal 04, 13490-970 Cordeiropolis, Cordeiropolis, Sao Paulo State, Brazil and Carl C. Childers, University of Florida, Citrus Research and Education Center, 700 Experiment Station Rd, Lake Alfred, FL.

Monthly sampling of 8 leaves X 12 plants X 10 varieties=960 sampling units (SU) were collected between August 1997 and May 1999 in a citrus orchard in Piracicaba, Brazil. The association between the population of Brevipalpus phoenicis and Iphiseiodes zuluagai was statistically significant chi-square in 60% of the dates and positive for all dates.

Species 1: Acari Phytoseiidae Iphiseiodes zuluagai
Species 2: Acari Tenuipalpidae Brevipalpus phoenicis
Keywords: biological control

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