TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Life table of the red spider mite Tetranychus bastosi (Acari: Tetranychidae) on different host plants
VL  - 57
IS  - 3
SP  - 601
EP  - 605
PY  - 2017
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - de Lima, R. Pereira
AU  - Bezerra, Marcello M.
AU  - de Moraes, Gilberto J.
AU  - Furtado, Imeuda
UR  - https://doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20174177
DO  - 10.24349/acarologia/20174177
DA  - 2017-05-16
ET  - 2017-05-16
KW  - biology
KW  - phytophagous mite
KW  - performance
KW  - Carica papaya
KW  - Phaseolus vulgaris
KW  - Manihot esculenta
AB  - Tetranychus bastosi Tuttle, Baker & Sales was described from Ceará state, northeastern Brazil. It has so far been reported from 25 plant species, among which cassava (Manihot esculenta Crants), common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and papaya (Carica papaya L). Although there is no information about its impact on crop yield, high population levels have been observed on some crops, leading to suppose that damage might occur in some occasions. In this study, fertility life table parameters were calculated for T. bastosi on cassava, common bean and papaya at 25 ± 2 °C, 70 ± 5% RH and photoperiod of 12/12 h. The best performance of T. bastosi occurred on C. papaya and P. vulgaris, on which the intrinsic rate of population increase reached 0.184 and 0.183 female/female/day, respectively. These results agree with the most common occurrence of this mite on papaya and on common bean than on cassava.
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