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Analysis of prey preference in phytoseiid mites by using an olfactometer, predation models and electrophoresis

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Prey preference of three phytoseiid species,Typhlodromus pyri Scheuten,Amblyseius potentillae (Garman) andA. finlandicus (Oudemans) which occur in Dutch orchards, was analysed with respect to two economically important phytophagous mites, the European red spider mitePanonychus ulmi (Koch), and the apple rust miteAculus schlechtendali (Nalepa). Two types of laboratory experiments were carried out: (1) olfactometer tests to study the response when volatile kairomones of both prey species were offered simultaneously; and (2) predation tests in mixtures of the two prey species and comparison with calculated predation rates, using a model provided with parameters estimated from experiments with each prey species alone. In addition, the diet of field-collected predators was analysed using electrophoresis.

For each predator species the results of the different tests were consistent, in thatT. pyri andA. potentillae preferredP. ulmi overA. schlechtendali, whereasA. finlandicus preferredA. schlechtendali overP. ulmi.

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  1. Dept. of Entomology, Agricultural University, P.O. Box 8031, 6700EH, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Marcel Dicke & Marijke de Jong

  2. Dept. of Pure and Applied Ecology, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 302, 1098SM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Maurice W. Sabelis

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Dicke, M., Sabelis, M.W. & de Jong, M. Analysis of prey preference in phytoseiid mites by using an olfactometer, predation models and electrophoresis. Exp Appl Acarol 5, 225–241 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02366096

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