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. 2021 Jan 22;83(2):167–182. doi: 10.1007/s10493-020-00588-x

Table 4.

Composition (% eggs, immature motile stages, and adults) of the populations of Tetranychus urticae 8 and 13 days after infestation with 25 females per plant and that of phyoseiids on day 13 (i.e., 5 days after the release of three females per plant) in sour orange (SO) and Cleopatra mandarin (CM)

Phytoseiid species Plant genotype T. urticae population composition Phytoseiid population composition
Day 8 χ2 (df = 1), P Day 13 χ2 (df = 1), P Day 13 χ2 (df = 1), P
Euseius stipulatus SO graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Figa_HTML.gif 10.219, <0.01 graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Figb_HTML.gif 0.882, 0.64 graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Figc_HTML.gif 0.055, 0.97
CM graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Figd_HTML.gif graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Fige_HTML.gif graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Figf_HTML.gif
Neoseiulus californicus SO graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Figg_HTML.gif 3.175, 0.21 graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Figh_HTML.gif 2.227, 0.33 graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Figi_HTML.gif 0.149, 0.93
CM graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Figj_HTML.gif graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Figk_HTML.gif graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Figl_HTML.gif
Phytoseiulus persimilis SO graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Figm_HTML.gif 30.410, < 0.001 graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Fign_HTML.gif 1.775, 0.41 graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Figo_HTML.gif 0.115, 0.94
CM graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Figp_HTML.gif graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Figq_HTML.gif graphic file with name 10493_2020_588_Figr_HTML.gif

■ Eggs, □ immature motile stages, Inline graphic adults

Means of three replicates of either three (T. urticae populations at day 8) or five (T. urticae and E. stipulatus populations day 13) plants per plant genotype. Comparisons were performed using contingency tables and χ2 tests