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Life tables of Neoseiulus cucumeris exclusively fed with seven different pollens

Authors: Nar B. Ranabhat, Irina Goleva, Claus P. W. Zebitz

Published in: BioControl | Issue 2/2014

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The juvenile development and survival, and demographic parameters of the predatory mite Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) fed on pollen of castor bean, tulip, apple, Christmas cactus, horse-chestnut, maize, and birch were assessed under laboratory conditions. Deprivation of food and pollen of castor bean plants resulted in 100 % juvenile mite mortality. Feeding mites with tulip and horse-chestnut pollen resulted in the shortest development and the highest total fecundity. Adult mites fed on birch, tulip, maize, and apple pollen lived significantly longer compared with those fed on pollen of horse-chestnut and Christmas cactus. The intrinsic rate of natural increase ranged between 0.1013 ♀♀/♀/day for maize and 0.1806 ♀♀/♀/day for horse-chestnut pollen as food. Net reproductive rate was the lowest when fed with maize pollen and highest when fed with horse-chestnut pollen. Population doubling time was highest on maize pollen and shortest on horse-chestnut pollen. Our study revealed that birch, tulip, horse-chestnut, apple, and maize pollen can be used by N. cucumeris from early spring to late summer as a suitable alternative food in periods when prey in the field are scarce or absent.

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Title: Life tables of Neoseiulus cucumeris exclusively fed with seven different pollens
Authors: Nar B. Ranabhat
Irina Goleva
Claus P. W. Zebitz
Publication date: 01-04-2014
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: BioControl / Issue 2/2014
Print ISSN: 1386-6141
Electronic ISSN: 1573-8248
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-013-9556-5

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