<p><strong>Effects of leaf domatia on intraguild interactions between <em>Amblyseius swirskii</em> and <em>Phytoseiulus persimilis</em> (Acari: Phytoseiidae)</strong></p>

Leaf domatia as a habitat-produced structure is considered to moderate the interaction intensity among guild parties. We studied whether domatia of sweet pepper (Capsicum annum) leaves could reduce the adverse effects of predation of a phytoseiid on behalf of an intraguild predatory mite on a phyto...

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Main Authors: Narges Abbasi-Teshnizi, Azadeh Zahedi Golpayegani, Alireza Saboori
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Published: Acarological Society of Iran 2022-01-01
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author Narges Abbasi-Teshnizi
Azadeh Zahedi Golpayegani
Alireza Saboori
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description Leaf domatia as a habitat-produced structure is considered to moderate the interaction intensity among guild parties. We studied whether domatia of sweet pepper (Capsicum annum) leaves could reduce the adverse effects of predation of a phytoseiid on behalf of an intraguild predatory mite on a phytoseiid intraguild prey, and a tetranychid extraguild prey. In the domatia-provided treatments where Amblyseius swirskii (Athias-Henriot) females were considered as predator, significantly fewer Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot juveniles were killed, and eaten in comparison with the treatments without domatia. The predation rate of A. swirskii was affected by the domatia i.e. the number of eaten P. persimilis was significantly lower on patches with four domatia rather than those with no domatium, however, no significant difference was observed between those in patches with two, and four domatia. Both natural, and artificial domatia could reduce the predation rate on P. persimilis juveniles. When P. persimilis females were considered as predators, the number of A. swirskii killed juveniles was affected neither by presence nor by the number of leaf domatia. The number of eaten Tetranychus urticae Koch eggs/larvae in patches with either of the intraguild predator species was not affected by the presence, the number, and the type of domatia. We suggest that leaf domatia could affect the survival of phytoseiid predatory mites as the guild participants even when the highly aggressive intraguild predator, A. swirskii, enters such structures.
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spelling doaj-art-b62ae213eb4b48ae850b3e2cb972257c2025-08-20T03:12:35ZengAcarological Society of IranPersian Journal of Acarology2251-81692022-01-0111110.22073/pja.v11i1.69703<p><strong>Effects of leaf domatia on intraguild interactions between <em>Amblyseius swirskii</em> and <em>Phytoseiulus persimilis</em> (Acari: Phytoseiidae)</strong></p>Narges Abbasi-Teshnizi0Azadeh Zahedi Golpayegani1Alireza Saboori2Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, IranDepartment of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, IranDepartment of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran Leaf domatia as a habitat-produced structure is considered to moderate the interaction intensity among guild parties. We studied whether domatia of sweet pepper (Capsicum annum) leaves could reduce the adverse effects of predation of a phytoseiid on behalf of an intraguild predatory mite on a phytoseiid intraguild prey, and a tetranychid extraguild prey. In the domatia-provided treatments where Amblyseius swirskii (Athias-Henriot) females were considered as predator, significantly fewer Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot juveniles were killed, and eaten in comparison with the treatments without domatia. The predation rate of A. swirskii was affected by the domatia i.e. the number of eaten P. persimilis was significantly lower on patches with four domatia rather than those with no domatium, however, no significant difference was observed between those in patches with two, and four domatia. Both natural, and artificial domatia could reduce the predation rate on P. persimilis juveniles. When P. persimilis females were considered as predators, the number of A. swirskii killed juveniles was affected neither by presence nor by the number of leaf domatia. The number of eaten Tetranychus urticae Koch eggs/larvae in patches with either of the intraguild predator species was not affected by the presence, the number, and the type of domatia. We suggest that leaf domatia could affect the survival of phytoseiid predatory mites as the guild participants even when the highly aggressive intraguild predator, A. swirskii, enters such structures. https://www.biotaxa.org/pja/article/view/69703Capsicum annumintraguild predationjuvenilesplant structurepredator-prey interaction
spellingShingle Narges Abbasi-Teshnizi
Azadeh Zahedi Golpayegani
Alireza Saboori
<p><strong>Effects of leaf domatia on intraguild interactions between <em>Amblyseius swirskii</em> and <em>Phytoseiulus persimilis</em> (Acari: Phytoseiidae)</strong></p>
Persian Journal of Acarology
Capsicum annum
intraguild predation
juveniles
plant structure
predator-prey interaction
title <p><strong>Effects of leaf domatia on intraguild interactions between <em>Amblyseius swirskii</em> and <em>Phytoseiulus persimilis</em> (Acari: Phytoseiidae)</strong></p>
title_full <p><strong>Effects of leaf domatia on intraguild interactions between <em>Amblyseius swirskii</em> and <em>Phytoseiulus persimilis</em> (Acari: Phytoseiidae)</strong></p>
title_fullStr <p><strong>Effects of leaf domatia on intraguild interactions between <em>Amblyseius swirskii</em> and <em>Phytoseiulus persimilis</em> (Acari: Phytoseiidae)</strong></p>
title_full_unstemmed <p><strong>Effects of leaf domatia on intraguild interactions between <em>Amblyseius swirskii</em> and <em>Phytoseiulus persimilis</em> (Acari: Phytoseiidae)</strong></p>
title_short <p><strong>Effects of leaf domatia on intraguild interactions between <em>Amblyseius swirskii</em> and <em>Phytoseiulus persimilis</em> (Acari: Phytoseiidae)</strong></p>
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topic Capsicum annum
intraguild predation
juveniles
plant structure
predator-prey interaction
url https://www.biotaxa.org/pja/article/view/69703
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