Influence of humidity and tribolium beetle food souce on the life history characteristics of predator, xylocoris flavipes (hemiptera: anthocoridae)

dc.contributor.author	Saha, S.R.
dc.contributor.author	Islam, W.
dc.contributor.author	Parween, S.
dc.date.accessioned	2025-06-17T09:11:45Z
dc.date.available	2025-06-17T09:11:45Z
dc.date.issued	2011-09-26
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Tropical Agricultural Research & Extension, 14(4).	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1391-3646
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.lib.ruh.ac.lk/handle/iruor/19561
dc.description.abstract	Life history characteristics of the predator, Xylocoris flavipes reared under four regimes of RH (30, 50, 70 and 90%) on two hosts, Tribolium castaneum and T. confusum fed on three artificial diets, were studied. There were significant effects (P<0.001) of relative humidity on the oviposition period, fecundity, hatchability, developmental time, percentage mortality of immature stages and progeny/ female of the predator on both the hosts. Most of the cases the optimum level of relative humidity was recorded at 70%.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Faculty of Agriculture-University of Ruhuna	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	TARE;2012
dc.subject	Humidity	en_US
dc.subject	Tribolium beetle	en_US
dc.subject	Xylocoris flavipes	en_US
dc.title	Influence of humidity and tribolium beetle food souce on the life history characteristics of predator, xylocoris flavipes (hemiptera: anthocoridae)	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US