Citrus mites : identification, bionomy and control /

• Main Author: Vacante, Vincenzo, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2010.
• Subjects: Citrus > Diseases and pests.; Mites.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Biological Control.; Integrated Pest Management.; Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000); Anatomy and Morphology (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Behaviour (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Animal Ecology.; Taxonomy and Evolution.; Techniques and Methodology.; Citrus.; Diptilomiopidae.; Eriophyidae.; Tarsonemidae.; Tenuipalpidae.; Tetranychidae.; Animal ecology.; Arthropod pests.; Behaviour.; Biological control.; Chemical control.; Collection.; Control.; Crop damage.; Feeding behaviour.; Integrated pest management.; Keys.; Methodology.; Mite control.; Morphology.; Natural enemies.; Pest control.; Plant pests.; Preservation.; Rearing techniques.; Taxonomy.; Techniques.; Electronic books.
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This book, which is divided into two parts, focuses on mites associated with citrus. The first part provides (i) an overview of the world's citriculture, species and varieties cultivated, and the importance of injurious mites; (ii) introduction to morphology and classification of mites; (iii) m...

Table of Contents:

• Citriculture and injurious mites
• Introduction to acari
• Methods and techniques
• Plant damage
• Control
• Key to the identification of families, subfamilies, tribes, genera and species
• Phytoptidae Murray
• Eriophyidae Nalepa
• Diptilomiopidae Keifer
• Tarsonemidae Canestrini et Fanzago
• Tenuipalpidae Berlese
• Tuckerellidae Baker et Pritchard
• Tetranychidae Donnadieu
• Conclusions.