Prey stage distribution, a factor affecting the numerical response of Typhlodromus occidentalis to Tetranychus mcdanieli and Tetranychus pacificus
Prey stage distribution, a factor affecting the numerical response of Typhlodromus occidentalis to Tetranychus mcdanieli and Tetranychus pacificus
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猎物阶段分布,影响西斑叶螨对麦克丹尼叶螨和太平洋叶螨数值响应的因素
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1972
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B. Croft
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The ability of Typhlodromus occidentalis to oviposit and numerically increase when consuming various life stage distributions of Tetranychus mcdanieli and Tetr any chus pacificus were studied at several interaction levels. On field-collected apple leaves and 6x6 cm artificial substrates, oviposition rates and rates of increase (r) were higher when predators were fed populations of spider mites with high proportions of eggs and larvae as compared to prey colonies composed mainly of deutonymphs-male adults and female adults. Feeding studies indicated that reproductive differences were mainly due to increased predation and food intake when predators were offered eggs and larvae of Tet. pacificus and a decreased capture and food consumption when only provided with the larger prey stages. Samples taken throughout a growing season in apple trees and an orchard suggested that during early-season, prey stage distributions were most favorable to predator increases and would undoubtedly contribute to a rapid numerical response by predators. The affect of less favorable stage distributions was much less apparent as these stage proportions occurred during short intervals in early season, at intermediate prey levels, and were most unfavorable at high densities or late season after spider mites overexploited their host plant. A predator's reproductive rate is greatly influenced by the density, nutritional suitability, and behavioral acceptability of its prey. For example, Chant (1961) reported that the rate of oviposition of the phytoseiid mite, Typhlodromus occidentalis Nesbitt, was closely correlated with the number of Pacific spider mites ( Tetranychus pacificus McGregor) it consumed. Burrell and McCormick (1964) reported differential oviposition rates for T. occidentalis when feeding on various tetranychid prey; and Amblyseius potentillae (Garman) consumes fewer prey/day per equivalent rate of egg production when feeding on Panonychus ulmi (Koch) reared on leaves having a high nitrogen level, as compared to P. ulmi reared on leaves with low nitrogen content (van de Vrie and Boersma, 1971). Many phytoseiid mites prefer feeding on a particular stage or stages of certain tetranychid mites (Chant, 1959; Putnam, 1Accepted for publication 14 March 1972. department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823.