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Notes on the adaptation of some phytophagous and predacious mites to various ecological parameters in the Mediterranean countries [PDF]

Web Ecology, 2000
Notes on the adaptation to various habitats, climatic conditions, life-cycles, dispersion as well as on some morpho-physiological ones of the main phytophagous (Tetranychidae and Eriophyidae) and predaceous (Phytoseiidae) mites typical of the ...
S. Ragusa, H. Tsolakis
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the citrus red mite Panonychus citri (Acari: Tetranychidae): high genome rearrangement and extremely truncated tRNAs

BMC Genomics, 2010
Background The family Tetranychidae (Chelicerata: Acari) includes ~1200 species, many of which are of agronomic importance. To date, mitochondrial genomes of only two Tetranychidae species have been sequenced, and it has been found that these two ...
Dou Wei, Wang Bao-Jun, Wei Dan-Dan, Yuan Ming-Long, Wang Jin-Jun   +4 more
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Evaluation of Ethanol Extract of Moringa oleifera Lam. as Acaricide against Oligonychus punicae Hirst (Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae)

Insects, 2021
Tetranychidae family is a major group of mites causing serious damage in agricultural, vegetable and ornamental crops. Avocado bronze mite (ABM), Oligonychus punicae Hirst (Acari: Tetranychidae) causes major crop damage, defoliation and fruit abortion ...
Rapucel Tonantzin Quetzalli Heinz-Castro, Roberto Arredondo-Valdés, Salvador Ordaz-Silva, Heriberto Méndez-Cortés, Agustín Hernández-Juárez, Julio César Chacón-Hernández   +5 more
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Bioacaricidal Potential of Moringa oleifera Ethanol Extract for Tetranychus merganser Boudreaux (Acari: Tetranychidae) Control

Plants, 2021
The Tetranychidae family includes mites causing severe damage to agricultural fields. The red spider mite, Tetranychus merganser Boudreaux (Acari: Tetranychidae), causes severe damage to several plant species grown as cash crops.
Rapucel Tonantzin Quetzalli Heinz-Castro, Roberto Arredondo-Valdés, Salvador Ordaz-Silva, Heriberto Méndez-Cortés, Agustín Hernández-Juárez, Julio Cesar Chacón-Hernández   +5 more
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Side effects of pesticides used in organic and conventional tomato crops on Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris, a parasitoid of Tuta absoluta

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
This study reveals strong variability in the effects of eight tomato integrated pest management‐compatible pesticides on Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris, identifying harmful compounds such as spinosad and more selective ones such as sulfur and spiromesifen, depending on the exposure route.
Pablo Urbaneja‐Bernat, Jordi Riudavets, Gabriele Caporusso, Judit Arnó   +3 more
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Primer reporte de Eotetranychus lewisi en la región andina del Ecuador en Arracacia xanthorrhiza (zanahoria blanca) y Tropaeolum tuberosum (mashua)

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2017
Eotetranychus lewisi (McGregor) es registrado por primera vez sobre plantas de zanahoria blanca (Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancr.) y mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum Ruiz y Pavon) en la Provincia de Tungurahua, Ecuador.
Carlos Vásquez, Marta Dávila, Norma Telenchana, José Mangui, Daniela Navas   +4 more
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Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Cytisus scoparius*

Journal of Ecology, EarlyView.
Broom is an attractive and common native plant across Britain, Ireland and most of Europe, and yet it is considered a harmful and invasive weed around the rest of the world. This is aided by broom thriving on poor dry soils, helped by using green stems for photosynthesis and having root nodules to fix nitrogen.
Peter A. Thomas, Monika Dering, Grzegorz Iszkuło, Marta Kujawska, Adrian Łukowski, Mariola Rabska, Katarzyna Sękiewicz, Dominik Tomaszewski, Łukasz Walas, Marian J. Giertych   +9 more
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The Jean Gutierrez spider mite collection

ZooKeys, 2015
The family Tetranychidae (spider mites) currently comprises 1,275 species and represents one of the most important agricultural pest families among the Acari with approximately one hundred pest species, ten of which considered major pests.
Alain Migeon
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Theories on the Nature of Life. Giovanni Blandino, New York: Philosophical Library, 1969. xiv, 374 pp. $6.00. [PDF]

, 2017
In a short span, this encyclopedic work summarizes the historical problems of the nature of life. Blandino conducts his narrative in a condensed and highly-packed form that assumes the nature of an outline.
Wilkinson, Ronald S
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Evaluation of counterattack efficiency against predators in Schizotetranychus brevisetosus using small glass beads and phytoseiid eggs

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
The web‐nesting spider mite Schizotetranychus brevisetosus Ehara attacks predators outside the nest, but the effectiveness of this behaviour is unknown. Spreading predator‐mimicking glass beads over the web induced intense patrolling behaviour in females, which even captured and attacked beads.
Maiko Chida, Tomohiro Mizuguchi, Katsura Ito   +2 more
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