Heavy mineral assemblages were studied in onshore sandy deposits from the 26 December 2004 tsunami on Kho Khao Island, southern Thailand. The most common minerals included tourmalines, zircon, muscovite, biotite, limonites and opaque minerals. An abundance of micas and depletion in tourmalines allowed us to distinguish the tsunami deposits from modern beach sediments and pre-tsunami soils. Majo...

abstract during 2008-2009 species composition of injurious mites associated with common broad leaf trees and ornamental shrubs in green spaces of mashhad region was surveyed. as result, 13 mite species belonging to 10 genera and 3 families, eriophyidae, tetranychidae and tenuipalpidae were collected and identified. in bellow list, the new records for razavi khorasan and iran are indicated with ...

The predatory mite Neoseiulus fallacis (Garman) was evaluated as a biological control agent of herbivorous mites on outdoor-grown ornamental landscape plants. To elucidate factors that may affect predator efÞciency, replicated tests were conducted on 30 ornamental plant cultivars that varied in relationship to their generalized morphology (e.g., conifers, shade trees, evergreen shrubs, deciduou...