Table 5 Density of different stages (±SE) of predatory mites per five flowers of tomato after their feeding on Frankliniella occidentalis at different experimental periods (days)

50

Amblyseius swirskii

0.89 ± 0.04 b

2.03 ± 0.21 b

2.69 ± 0.31 b

60

1.40 ± 0.13 a

3.71 ± 0.35 a

5.80 ± 0.65 a

50

Neoseiulus cucumeris

0.78 ± 0.23 b

1.63 ± 0.15 b

2.37 ± 0.24 b

60

1.26 ± 0.11 a

2.84 ± 0.27 a

4.60 ± 0.51 a