Plant Mites Community

ISBN-13: 9783848409921 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str.

Hany Elkawas

Opis

There are huge numbers of mites belonging to different mite taxa inhabiting in soil under plants and others infesting leaves of fruit trees and field crops. Some of them are harmful for plants while others can be useful in biological control of pests. So, the present work aimed to survey of mite species associated with certain fruit trees and field crops in three distracts at Sharkia Governorate, Egypt. In addition taxonomical studies to the collected mites with identification keys for them. Finally, taxonomical and biological studies on the predatory mite, Euseius hutu (P. & B.)

O autorze

Hany M.G. Elkawas, M.Sc., 2000 and Ph.D., 2005, in Acarology from Al-Azhar University,Egypt. He is currently Research Professor at Acarology Department, Plant Protection Research Institute,Giza, Egypt. His research interests includes ecological, biological and control studies of mites.