Egyptian Checklist of Mites from Aromatic, Medicinal and Ornamental Plants | ||||
| Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology | ||||
| Article 9, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2010, Page 37-46 PDF (6.85 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original research articles | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajesa.2021.163522 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Amal H. Romeih1; M. S. Hassan1; Marguerite A. Rizk2; Rheam I. Abo-Shnaf2 | ||||
| 1Agric. Zoology and Nematology Dept. Faculty of Agric., Cairo Univ ., Giza, Egypt | ||||
| 2vegetable and Ornamental Acarology Dept., Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| A survey of mites associated with 25 aromatic and medicinal plant species of 13 families i.e., Araliaceae, Caricaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Compositae, Ephorbiaceae, Lamiaceae, Lauraceae, Liliacaea, Meliaacae, Myrtacae, Papaveraceae, Rutaceae and Umbelliferae; addition to 75 ornamental plant species belonging to nine groups (cut-flower rose, flowering bulbs, flowering potted plants, ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, fences, ornamental: palm trees and cut flowers) were carried out for one year. Thirty-eight families including 92 genera and lt68 mite species were collected from these plant species at Giza and Fayoum Governorates. One new species of the family Phytoseiidae from genus Euseius was recorded. Twenty-four species belonging to different families; Acaridae· (seven species) Parasitidae (six species), five species to each family Cunaxidae and Cheyletidae, and one species to the family. Tarsoaemidae were firstly recorded. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Survey; Mite pests; Predacious mites; Ornamented plants; Aromatic plan; Medicinal plants; Giza; Fayoum | ||||
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