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Nutritional value of non-prey food sources for rearing of predatory mites Neoseiulus cucumeris and Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

  • 1. . Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jiroft, P.O.Box 1364 Kerman, Iran; E-mail: m. khanamani@ujiroft.ac.ir
  • 2. . Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran; E-mail: dalir.sajjad@ gmail.com

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Khanamani, Mostafa, Dalir, Sajjad (2025): Nutritional value of non-prey food sources for rearing of predatory mites Neoseiulus cucumeris and Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Persian Journal of Acarology 14: 27-39, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v14i1.85955

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