The coconut mite, Aceria guerreronis Keifer, has emerged as a common menace to most of the coconut plantations in India. After its first upsurge in Kerala at the end of the 1990 ́s, the mite has spread to many states in southern and northern India, causing considerable damage. Coconut provides one third of the agricultural income in the regions in which it is grown and more than 10 million peopl...

Aceria guerreronis Keifer can cause severe damage to coconuts in several countries around the world. Rare studies have been conducted to determine the predatory mites associated with A. guerreronis in Brazil. The study evaluated the prevalence of A. guerreronis and associated predators on the bracts and on the surface of the fruits underneath the bracts, for 12 months, on coconut palms grown al...

The role of the mango bud mite, Aceria mangiferae, in carrying conidia of Fusarium mangiferae, vectoring them into potential infection sites, and assisting fungal infection and dissemination was studied. Following the mite's exposure to a green fluorescent protein-marked isolate, conidia were observed clinging to the mite's body. Agar plugs bearing either bud mites or the pathogen were placed o...

A mikroszkopikus méretű gubacsatkák lágyszárú és fás szárú növények hajtásán, levelén, virágán termésén élősködnek. Tápnövényeik nagyobb része a szárúak közül kerül ki. közelmúltban amerikai kőrisen (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) megtalált Aceria fraxiniflora gubacsatka faj gyors terjedése szembetűnővé vált hazánkban. jelenség vizsgálata során összesen tizenhét megyében, főváros öt budai kilenc pesti...

Five species of eriophyoid mites were detected as new records for the mite fauna Turkey. The samples collected on herbaceous plants and fruit trees in Bahçesaray, Edremit, ?skele Akdamar island Van province, Turkey between 2014 2016. identified eriophyid are Aceria camdeboo (Meyer, 1981) Celtis sp. (Cannabaceae); A. trifolii (Nalepa, 1892) Vicia biennis L. (Fabaceae), Aculus parakarensis (Bagda...