Experiments were conducted to test whether the facultatively phytophagous predator Orius insidiosus (Say) (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) ingested phloem, xylem or mesophyll contents from soybean plants (Glycine max L.). Potential uptake of phloem sap was examined by radiolabeling photosynthate with CO2 and then measuring the accumulation of radiolabeled metabolites in feeding animals. Most O. insi...

only The generalist predator Typhlodromalus limonicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae): a potential biological control agent of thrips and whiteflies Yvonne M. van Houten, Julietta Rothe & Karel J.F. Bolckmans ................ 237-240 Abstract: A strain of the phytoseiid predatory mite Typhlodromalus limonicus Garman & McGregor, collected from tomatoes, was tested in a laboratory study as a biological con...

Outcrop samples were collected from Dukku area for the purpose of subjecting them to palynological analysis in order determine relative age Gwandu Formation and palaeoenvironment deposition deposit. Field laboratory methods carried out obtain lithological sequence description outcrop. The obtained went through processes acid digestion with hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric separation macerals by ...