Tetranhychus bastosi, Tuttle, Baker & Sales, 1977

K, Renata Pereira de Lima, K, Élio Cesar Guzzo & K, Mariana Oliveira Breda, 2022, Biological Performance ofTetranychus bastosi (Acari: Tetranychidae) on different hosts, Acarologia 62 (4), pp. 1210-1216 : 1211

Tetranhychus bastosi rearing

Stock rearing was maintained in jack bean plants Canavalia ensiformis * L. ( Fabaceae ), grown in plastic pots (2 L) containing a mixture of soil and Basaplant®^ substrate (1:1). Healthy plants were infested through direct contact with leaves of plants infested with the mite. The stock of T. bastosi was maintained at the Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Entomology (LEAF/CECA/UFAL) with a temperature of 25±1 °C, 70±5% RH and 12h photophase.