Prey preference of four species of forest spiders to Spodoptera litura and Plutella xylostella

The prey preference of Heteropoda garciai, Olios mahabangkawitus, Ctenus floweri, and Pardosa apostoli was examined on Spodoptera litura and Plutella xylostella in laboratory. These spiders showed a clear preference for P. xylostella compared to S. litura. However, there was no significant differenc...

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Main Authors: Lau, Wei Hong, Mohd Arif, Mohd Huzaifah, Chooi, Y. S.
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19378/
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spelling upm-193782015-11-24T06:23:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19378/ Prey preference of four species of forest spiders to Spodoptera litura and Plutella xylostella Lau, Wei Hong Mohd Arif, Mohd Huzaifah Chooi, Y. S. The prey preference of Heteropoda garciai, Olios mahabangkawitus, Ctenus floweri, and Pardosa apostoli was examined on Spodoptera litura and Plutella xylostella in laboratory. These spiders showed a clear preference for P. xylostella compared to S. litura. However, there was no significant difference observed between the second and third instars larvae of P. xylostella. Similarly, the size of prey was not an important factor in the prey selection by H. garciai, O. mahabangkawitus in this study. P. apostoli showed higher preference on smaller sized S. litura larvae. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19378/1/81.%20Prey%20Preference%20of%20Four%20species%20of%20Forest%20Spiders%20to%20Spodoptera.pdf Lau, Wei Hong and Mohd Arif, Mohd Huzaifah and Chooi, Y. S. (2012) Prey preference of four species of forest spiders to Spodoptera litura and Plutella xylostella. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, 35 (S). pp. 49-56. ISSN 1511-3701; ESSN: 2231-8542 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JTAS%20Vol.%2035%20(S)%20Dec.%202012/05_page%2049-56.pdf
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description The prey preference of Heteropoda garciai, Olios mahabangkawitus, Ctenus floweri, and Pardosa apostoli was examined on Spodoptera litura and Plutella xylostella in laboratory. These spiders showed a clear preference for P. xylostella compared to S. litura. However, there was no significant difference observed between the second and third instars larvae of P. xylostella. Similarly, the size of prey was not an important factor in the prey selection by H. garciai, O. mahabangkawitus in this study. P. apostoli showed higher preference on smaller sized S. litura larvae.
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author Lau, Wei Hong
Mohd Arif, Mohd Huzaifah
Chooi, Y. S.
spellingShingle Lau, Wei Hong
Mohd Arif, Mohd Huzaifah
Chooi, Y. S.
Prey preference of four species of forest spiders to Spodoptera litura and Plutella xylostella
author_facet Lau, Wei Hong
Mohd Arif, Mohd Huzaifah
Chooi, Y. S.
author_sort Lau, Wei Hong
title Prey preference of four species of forest spiders to Spodoptera litura and Plutella xylostella
title_short Prey preference of four species of forest spiders to Spodoptera litura and Plutella xylostella
title_full Prey preference of four species of forest spiders to Spodoptera litura and Plutella xylostella
title_fullStr Prey preference of four species of forest spiders to Spodoptera litura and Plutella xylostella
title_full_unstemmed Prey preference of four species of forest spiders to Spodoptera litura and Plutella xylostella
title_sort prey preference of four species of forest spiders to spodoptera litura and plutella xylostella
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
publishDate 2012
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19378/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19378/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19378/1/81.%20Prey%20Preference%20of%20Four%20species%20of%20Forest%20Spiders%20to%20Spodoptera.pdf
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