Occurrence of Soil Mites at El-Maghara Region, Sinai Peninsula | ||||
Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology | ||||
Article 7, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2008, Page 31-35 PDF (78.75 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original research articles | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ajesa.2008.4976 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
H. El-Sharabasy1; M. Hassan2; A. Mohamed3 | ||||
1Dept. of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agric., Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt | ||||
2Dept. of Agric, Zoology & Nematology, Faculty of Agric., Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
3Dept. of Soil and Water, Faculty of Agric., Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
This investigation was carried out to evaluate the occurrence and distribution of soil mites at El-Maghara region, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Soil samples to depth 20cm were collected from different orchards, olive, citrus, fig and vine. Eighteen soil mite species in 18 genera and 16 families were found. Gamasida was represented by seven families, while Actinedida, Acaridida and Oribatida were represented by five, one and three families, respectively. Shannon Wiener index (H'), Pielou's (J') and dominant analysis were estimated. Diversity index showed that actinedid mites have been found as numerically among the soil mites by 7 species and 222 individuals. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
soil mites; occurrence; Distribution; Orchards | ||||
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