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Spider checklist for the Blouberg, in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, South Africa

Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation, 2019
Background: The north-eastern mountainous region of South Africa has been identified as a spider diversity hotspot and centre of endemisim. The Blouberg is an isolated inselberg that forms part of the Soutpansberg geological complex, the northernmost ...
Stefan Foord, Anna S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, Charles R. Haddad, Colin Schoeman, Norbert Hahn, Robin Lyle   +5 more
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Acaricidal, ovicidal, and repellent effects of Tagetes patula leaf extract against Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Journal of Plant Protection Research, 2019
This study investigates the acaricidal, ovicidal, and repellent effects of the Tagetes patula Linn. (Asteraceae) leaf extract against both the adult female and egg stages of Tetranychus urticae Koch (Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae) under laboratory ...
Manal Sayed Mohamed Ismail, Hend Maroof Tag, Marguerite Adly Rizk   +2 more
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Predatory Mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) in Agro-Ecosystems and Conservation Biological Control: A Review and Explorative Approach for Forecasting Plant-Predatory Mite Interactions and Mite Dispersal

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018
Phytoseiidae mites are efficient predators able to control pest mites and small arthropods in crops all over the world, using the three biological control strategies : (i) augmentation, (ii) classical and (iii) conservation.
M. Tixier
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Controlling the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) by releasing the predatory phytoseiid mites and pesticides on pepper in a greenhouse

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2019
Two programs for controlling the western flower thrips (WFT), Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), were evaluated. Greenhouse experiments were conducted for reducing F. occidentalis populations on pepper plants.
Ahmad S. Sanad, Gamal M. Hassan
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The taxonomy, life cycle and pathology of Sarcoptes scabiei and Notoedres cati (Acarina, Sarcoptidae): A review in a Fennoscandian wildlife perspective

Fauna Norvegica, 2015
Mites constitute an old cosmopolitan group, abundant in various terrestrial and aquatic habitats of considerable environmental variations. The majority of mites are free-living, whereas some have evolved parasitic relationships with a variety of animals ...
Morten Kraabøl, Vegard Gundersen, Kirstin Fangel, Kjetil Olstad   +3 more
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Prevalence and diversity of ectoparasites in Wild Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) in Punjab region, Pakistan

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2021
The current study was carried out to estimate the prevalence and diversity of ectoparasites in rock pigeons in different regions of Punjab, Pakistan. A total of 120 birds were captured from March 2017 to February 2019. The ectoparasites were collected by
M. Tayyub, S. Ali, A. Javid, M. Imran
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The Beneficial Endophytic Fungus Fusarium solani Strain K Alters Tomato Responses Against Spider Mites to the Benefit of the Plant

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018
Beneficial microorganisms are known to promote plant growth and confer resistance to biotic and abiotic stressors. Soil-borne beneficial microbes in particular have shown potential in protecting plants against pathogens and herbivores via the elicitation
M. Pappas, Maria Liapoura, Dimitra Papantoniou, Marianna Avramidou, N. Kavroulakis, A. Weinhold, G. Broufas, K. Papadopoulou   +7 more
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Scrub Typhus Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Scrub typhus is a zoonotic disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. The bacterial infection is spread via Trombiculidae mites. A 50-year-old male patient was admitted with a complaint of fever, cough, breathlessness, and irrelevant talk for five days ...
Maharshi Patel, Sourya Acharya, Samarth Shukla, Shubham Nimkar, Sunil Kumar   +4 more
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Fossil Leaves of Meliosma (Sabiaceae) With Associated Pollen and a Eupodid Mite From the Eocene of Maoming Basin, South China

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
A first occurrence of the genus Meliosma (Sabiaceae) is reported from the upper Eocene of the Maoming Basin of South China. This fossil is one of the oldest reliable records of the genus within its modern center of diversity.
Maria G. Moiseeva, Maria G. Moiseeva, Tatiana M. Kodrul, Maria V. Tekleva, Natalia P. Maslova, Xinkai Wu, Jianhua Jin, Jianhua Jin   +7 more
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Salivary proteins of spider mites suppress defenses in Nicotiana benthamiana and promote mite reproduction.

The Plant Journal, 2016
Spider mites (Tetranychidae sp.) are widely occurring arthropod pests on cultivated plants. Feeding by the two-spotted spider mite T. urticae, a generalist herbivore, induces a defense response in plants that mainly depends on the phytohormones jasmonic ...
C. Villarroel, W. Jonckheere, J. M. Alba, J. Glas, W. Dermauw, M. Haring, T. Van Leeuwen, R. Schuurink, M. Kant   +8 more
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