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dc.contributor.authorGitonga (a), Linus M.
dc.contributor.authorLöhrb (b), B.
dc.contributor.authorMagambo (a), J. K.
dc.contributor.authorMueke (c), J. M.
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-24T08:18:02Z
dc.date.available2023-04-24T08:18:02Z
dc.date.issued2002-05-02
dc.identifier.citationBiological Control Volume 24, Issue 1, 2 May 2002, Pages 1-6en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S1049-9644(02)00001-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://karuspace.karu.ac.ke/handle/20.500.12092/2856
dc.descriptionFunctional response of Orius albidipennis (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) to Megalurothrips sjostedti (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)en_US
dc.description.abstractA locally available anthocorid predator, Orius albidipennis Reuter, was evaluated as a candidate biocontrol agent for Megalurothrips sjostedti Trybom, a major pest of French beans, Phaseolus vulgaris (L), in Kenya. The functional response of adult O. albidipennis to larval and adult M. sjostedti was studied at 15, 25, and 28 °C and densities of 5, 10, 20, and 30 larval and adult M. sjostedti per cage, over 24 h. More larvae and adult M. sjostedti were killed at the higher densities and with an increase in temperature. The data provided good fit to both type I and II functional response models. Attack rates increased with temperature for both the second instar larva and adult M. sjostedti. Handling times for the larvae decreased with an increase in temperature while those for the adults increased with increase in temperature. The implications of these results are discussed.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKaratina Universityen_US
dc.subjectOrius albidipennisen_US
dc.subjectMegalurothrips sjostedtien_US
dc.subjectTemperatureen_US
dc.subjectFunctional responseen_US
dc.subjectBiological controlen_US
dc.subjectPrey–predator interactionsen_US
dc.titleFunctional response of Orius albidipennis (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) to Megalurothrips sjostedti (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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