Table 1 Design of the interspecific competition experiment between T. urticae and T. evansi on tomato plants

From: Testing for reproductive interference in the population dynamics of two congeneric species of herbivorous mites

Treatment

Strong RI

Mild RI

Control1

Control 2

Control 3

Control 4

Founders

Mix, virgin

Mix, mated

T. urticae virgin

T. evansi virgin

T. urticae mated

T. evansi mated

Female

 T. urticae

2 virgin

2 mated

4 virgin

—

4 mated

—

 T. evansi

2 virgin

2 mated

—

4 virgin

—

4 mated

Male

 T. urticae

2 virgin

2 virgin

4 virgin

—

4 virgin

—

 T. evansi

2 virgin

2 virgin

—

4 virgin

—

4 virgin

  1. Abbreviation: RI, reproductive interference.
  2. Six treatments, each replicated six times, were done with various combinations of virgin or mated females and virgin males with the two different species (T. urticae or T. evansi) at the start of the experiments. Numbers in the body of the table refer to the number of individuals released.
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