Mites Injurious to Economic Plants

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University of California Press, Jan 1, 1975 - Science - 614 pages
Introduction to the acari, Population ecology, History of chemical control and mite resistance, Principles of chemical control of plant-feeding mites, Biological enemies of mites, Mites and plant diseases, The tetranychidae donnadieu, Injurious tetranychid mites, The eriophyoidea nalepa, Injurious eriophyoid mites.
 

Contents

Mite morphology in relation to mite activity
7
Selected bibliography
15
Population ecology
17
Comparisons of mite mouthparts and plant damage
34
Selected bibliography
42
History of chemical control and mite resistance
47
Acaricides used for control of greenhouse mites
55
Principles of chemical control of plantfeeding mites
63
The Astigmata
324
The Eriophyoidea Nalepa
327
Eriophyoid anatomy and morphology
333
Relationships of eriophyoid mites to their host plants
354
Types of plant abnormalities caused by eriophyoids
362
Additional observations
367
The collection preservation slide mounting and illustrating
385
Selected bibliography
394

Biological enemies of mites
75
Life cycle feeding habits food requirements and sources
81
Hemiptera
87
Mites and plant diseases
91
The Tetranychidae Donnadieu
103
Morphology and anatomy
107
The mite cuticle
114
Injurious tetranychid mites
127
Tetranychinae Berlese
149
88
247
The Tenuipalpidae Berlese
253
The Tarsonemidae Kramer
285
The Tydeidae Tuckerellidae Pyemotidae
307
The Tuckerellidae Baker and Pritchard
317
Injurious eriophyoid mites
397
The Eriophyidae Nalepa
407
The Eriophyinae Nalepa
419
117
432
119
442
The Phyllocoptinae Nalepa
471
Plant injury
479
Publications on eriophyoidea by H H Keifer
534
Common names and scientific names of plants
551
Scientific names of pesticides included in text
559
NOTES
589
Host Plant
595
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