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ABSTRACT Poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae is a cosmopolitan and hematophagous species commonly found in layer houses around the world. Poultry mite infestations may cause anemia, stress, low body weight and egg production, and mortality. Mite control is typically based on ch...

The presence of the red palm mite, Raoiella indica Hirst, is reported for the first time in Brazil. This invasive mite was found in July 2009 infesting coconut palms and bananas in urban areas of Boa Vista, State of Roraima, in northern Brazil. Comments on the possible pathways o...

Antibodies associated with infection by lung mites (Pneumonyssus simicola) in rhesus monkeys were measured by passive hemagglutination methods. Tanned human Rh negative O red blood cells or sheep red blood cells coated with soluble acarine antigens were used to detect mite-specif...

ABSTRACT The red spider mite Tetranychus neocaledonicus André (Acari: Tetranychidae) is commonly found on cotton and castor bean in Brazil, especially in the northeast, but to date it had not been found damaging cultivated peanut. The objective of this research was to record the ...

The presence of the red palm mite, Raoiella indica Hirst is recorded for the first time in South America. High populations and severe damages caused by this new invasive mite were found on coconut and banana leaves in Sucre (10° 27' 47" N and 64°10' 38" W) and Monagas (9º46'60" N...

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ABSTRACT Peanut red mite, or Tetranychus ogmophallos Ferreira and Flechtmann, is considered the major emerging pest of peanut in Brazil. Its impact on peanut farming is still unknown but can be harmful. Thus, it is essential to understand how this mite influences peanut for a suc...

With the aim of identifying the species of nasal mites of Paroaria coronata (red-crested cardinal), the nasal cavity of 40 birds were examined. The nasal mites were identified as Ptilonyssus sairae de Castro and Sternostoma pirangae Pence, with 50% and 7.5% of prevalence, respect...

The spider mite Oligonychus ilicis (McGregor) lives in the coffee plants (Coffea spp.) leaves superior surface, where spins web favoring the adherence of dust, debris and exuviae, giving to the leaves a dirt aspect. Due to its feeding behavior, leaves lose shine becoming tan. Iph...

Plants previously attacked by herbivores may have their defense system activated. The defense forms may occur by different routes. Some of the unleashed routes take place right after the herbivory, when the plant starts responding in an indirect way through the production of vola...

Biological aspects and life table of the red spider mite, Tetranychus desertorum Banks, 1900, were studied on leaf discs of kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris Linnaeus) cultivar "Tacarigua" under laboratory conditions (28 ± 2ºC, 70 ± 10% R.H. and 12:12h). Our results showed that tot...

The tomato red spider mite, Tetranychus evansi Baker and Pritchard is an important exotic pest of Solanaceae in Europe and Africa. It is suggested that this mite could have originated from South America, a region where it is not considered as an important pest. An important natur...

O sistema de produção orgânica de café requer técnicas para o manejo da população de herbívoros que tenham menor impacto sobre os inimigos naturais. A utilização de biofertilizantes enriquecidos e de caldas fitoprotetoras, como alternativa ao manejo convencional de herbívoros, te...

The objective of this work was to evaluate the biological and chemical quality of the different vermicomposted residues and its used as basic fertilization for the carrots production. The trial was divided in two stages: 1st) vermicomposting of the different organic residue and i...

To investigate potential sources of novel grain protectors, this study evaluated, firstly, the bioactivity of ethanolic extracts (66) prepared from 29 species belonging to 11 different genera of Neotropical Annonaceae against the maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curcu...