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Life history parameters of Tetranychus cinnabarinus on glasshouse plants 1
Author(s) -
WITUL A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2338.1992.tb00539.x
Subject(s) - gerbera , greenhouse , biology , population dynamics , host (biology) , horticulture , botany , ecology , population , fecundity , demography , sociology
During the last few years, mass outbreaks of Tetranychus cinnabarinus have occurred on different host plants in Poland. The most heavy damage has been noted on glasshouse tomatoes, but the species was frequent on other host plants such as cucumber, capsicum, aubergine and gerbera. The aim of the study was to estimate the potential of development of T. cinnabarinus on different host plants. Demographic parameters such as intrinsic rate of natural increase, net reproductive rate, and the mean generation time, have been used as criteria of life‐history traits on glasshouse tomato, cucumber, capsicum and gerbera. The relationships between the difference in life‐history parameters of T. cinnabarinus and the different degree of damage on these host plants are discussed.