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    Environment and hostplant genotype effects on the seasonal dynamics of a predatory mite on cassava in subhumid tropical Africa

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    Date
    2009
    Author
    Zundel, C.
    Nagel, P.
    Hanna, R.
    Korner, F.
    Scheidegger, Urs C.
    Type
    Journal Article
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    In tropical dry seasons, survival of small arthropods such as predatory mites is often negatively affected by low relative humidity (RH). For species that do not diapause or migrate to refuges, the ability of the habitat to mitigate climatic conditions becomes crucial. 2 The relative effect of macro-habitat (dry grassland hill, humid multiple cropping area, humid riparian forest) and microhabitat (host-plant genotypes with hairy, semi-hairy and glabrous apices) on the seasonal dynamics of the phytoseiid mite Typhlodromalus aripo , a predator of Mononychellus tanajoa on cassava, was examined in a field experiment during a dry season. The effect of RH and plant genotype on T. aripo egg survival was determined in an environment control chamber. 3 Predator abundance was higher in humid multiple cropping areas and on hairy cassava compared with the other habitat types and cassava genotypes. 4 Discriminant and regression analyses showed that the predator’s dry season per-sistence was related to high RH, high plant vigour and hairy apices, but not to prey abundance. 5 In the controlled climate experiment, the effect of host-plant morphology was evident only at the intermediate RH level of 55%. An effect of apex hairiness was not found. 6 It is concluded that the effect of genotype on T. aripo persistence diminishes un-der low RH conditions, and that supportive effects of apex hairs become effective only in the field, probably through protection from wind and/or intraguild preda-tion. Humid multiple cropping areas planted with hairy and vigorous cassava genotypes are suitable dry season reservoirs for T. aripo .
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-9563.2009.00429.x
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/2470
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    https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-9563.2009.00429.x
    IITA Subjects
    Cassava; Disease Control; Farm Management; Genetic Improvement; Plant Breeding; Plant Genetic Resources; Plant Production
    Agrovoc Terms
    Apex Pubescence; Classical Biological Control; Manihot Esculenta; Mononychellus Tanajoa; Plant – Predator Interaction; Relative Humidity; Typhlodromalus Aripo; Morphology; Neotropical
    Regions
    Acp; Africa; Europe; West Africa
    Countries
    Switzerland; Benin
    Journals
    Agricultural and Forest Entomology
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