Suitability of different pollen grains and Tetranychus urticae as food for the predatory mite, Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

The suitability of eight pollen diets (wild almond, date palm, oak, pomegranate, pistachio, peach, damask rose, and walnut) and also Tetranychus urticae Koch as natural diet on life table of the Amblyseius swirskii (Phytoseiidae) was determined at 25 ± 1 °C, 60 ± 5% relative humidity and photoperio...

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Main Authors: Fatemeh Kadkhodazadeh, Mahdieh Asadi, Mostafa Khanamani
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Published: Acarological Society of Iran 2021-07-01
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Mostafa Khanamani
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description The suitability of eight pollen diets (wild almond, date palm, oak, pomegranate, pistachio, peach, damask rose, and walnut) and also Tetranychus urticae Koch as natural diet on life table of the Amblyseius swirskii (Phytoseiidae) was determined at 25 ± 1 °C, 60 ± 5% relative humidity and photoperiod of 16:8 h (L: D). Results showed that damask rose pollen was not accepted as food and did not support the development of A. swirskii beyond the protonymphal and deutonymphal stage. The highest and lowest values of the intrinsic rate of increase (r) and finite rate of increase (λ) belonged to the pistachio (0.192 and 1.212 day−1) and peach (0.022 and 1.023 day−1) pollen, respectively. The net reproductive rate (R0) values varied from 1.4 offspring for the peach pollen to 29.54 offspring for the pistachio. Furthermore, the highest and lowest fecundity rate was recorded on the pistachio (36.65 eggs/female) and peach (3.23 eggs/female) pollen, respectively. Measured life table parameters of A. swirskii reared on different diets revealed pistachio, and after that, date palm and pomegranate pollen grains to be the most suitable diets. These findings may introduce more suitable pollen diets for the rearing of this predatory mite.
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spelling doaj-art-0b362a3fcd3c49c1985b1f68adf6a7d62025-08-20T02:29:13ZengAcarological Society of IranPersian Journal of Acarology2251-81692021-07-0110310.22073/pja.v10i3.66952Suitability of different pollen grains and Tetranychus urticae as food for the predatory mite, Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae)Fatemeh KadkhodazadehMahdieh Asadi0Mostafa Khanamani1Department of plant protection, college of Agriculture, shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, IranFaculty of Agriculture, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Iran. The suitability of eight pollen diets (wild almond, date palm, oak, pomegranate, pistachio, peach, damask rose, and walnut) and also Tetranychus urticae Koch as natural diet on life table of the Amblyseius swirskii (Phytoseiidae) was determined at 25 ± 1 °C, 60 ± 5% relative humidity and photoperiod of 16:8 h (L: D). Results showed that damask rose pollen was not accepted as food and did not support the development of A. swirskii beyond the protonymphal and deutonymphal stage. The highest and lowest values of the intrinsic rate of increase (r) and finite rate of increase (λ) belonged to the pistachio (0.192 and 1.212 day−1) and peach (0.022 and 1.023 day−1) pollen, respectively. The net reproductive rate (R0) values varied from 1.4 offspring for the peach pollen to 29.54 offspring for the pistachio. Furthermore, the highest and lowest fecundity rate was recorded on the pistachio (36.65 eggs/female) and peach (3.23 eggs/female) pollen, respectively. Measured life table parameters of A. swirskii reared on different diets revealed pistachio, and after that, date palm and pomegranate pollen grains to be the most suitable diets. These findings may introduce more suitable pollen diets for the rearing of this predatory mite. https://www.biotaxa.org/pja/article/view/66952Predatory mitesLife tableBiological controlAlternative diet.
spellingShingle Fatemeh Kadkhodazadeh
Mahdieh Asadi
Mostafa Khanamani
Suitability of different pollen grains and Tetranychus urticae as food for the predatory mite, Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
Persian Journal of Acarology
Predatory mites
Life table
Biological control
Alternative diet.
title Suitability of different pollen grains and Tetranychus urticae as food for the predatory mite, Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
title_full Suitability of different pollen grains and Tetranychus urticae as food for the predatory mite, Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
title_fullStr Suitability of different pollen grains and Tetranychus urticae as food for the predatory mite, Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
title_full_unstemmed Suitability of different pollen grains and Tetranychus urticae as food for the predatory mite, Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
title_short Suitability of different pollen grains and Tetranychus urticae as food for the predatory mite, Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
title_sort suitability of different pollen grains and tetranychus urticae as food for the predatory mite amblyseius swirskii acari phytoseiidae
topic Predatory mites
Life table
Biological control
Alternative diet.
url https://www.biotaxa.org/pja/article/view/66952
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