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Mostafa Maroufpoor

Mostafa Maroufpoor

Academic rank: Associate Professor
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Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 36614405000
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Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture
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Phone: 7224846

Research

Title
The Two-Sex Life Table of the Predatory Mite Amblyseius Swirskii Fed on Phyllocoptes Adalius in Laboratory Conditions
Type
Presentation
Keywords
developmental parameters, intrinsic rate of natural increase, life table, predator mite Amblyseius swirskii International Conference on Chemical, Agricultural and Biological Sciences (CABS-2015) Sept. 4-5, 2015 Istanbul (Turkey) 183
Year
2015
Researchers Mostafa Maroufpoor

Abstract

Phyllocoptes adalius, because of its high potential to economic damage, is an important pest of Rosacea. Phytoseiid mites are the most important natural enemies of pest mites to be considered in integrated pest management. Amblyseius swirskii is an omnivorous mite that feeds on many species of small arthropods as well as pollen grains. Life table gives the most comprehensive description on the survival, stage differentiation and reproduction of a population and is thus the most important basis of population ecology and pest management. In this study, the life parameters were conducted under laboratory conditions at 25± 5˚C, 70-80% RH and photoperiod of 16:8 (L:D), P. adalius was used as prey. To initiate experiments, 50 cohort eggs were used as a fertility and life table with a follow-up cohort to the last individual drawn. The intrinsic rate of increase (rm) the net reproduction rate (R0), mean generation time (T) and finite rate of increase (λ) was estimated 0.172 day -1, 12.59 offspring/female, 14.72 days and 1.18 day -1 respectively. In conclusion, results showed that A. swirskii would be able to develop at temperatures range of 20–25°C feeding on P. adalius and its role to achieve efficient control of on P. adalius management are discussed.