Research Article

Predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on Vegetable Fields in Diyarbakır, Elazığ and Muş Provinces, Turkey

Volume: 26 Number: 1 February 28, 2023
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Predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on Vegetable Fields in Diyarbakır, Elazığ and Muş Provinces, Turkey

Abstract

This study was conducted to identify predatory mite species on pepper, tomato, bean, cucumber, pumpkin, watermelon, melon, and eggplant plant leaves between 2018 and 2019 Diyarbakır, Elazığ, and Muş provinces. 1063 plant samples were collected and 676 of these samples which were observed with mite species. Predatory mite species were identified belonging to the Phytoseiidae family, which constitues 10.65% of 676 plant samples. The identified predatory mites were listed as Neoseiulus barkeri Hughes, Neoseiulus bicaudus Wainstein, Neoseiulus marginatus (Wainstein), Neoseiulus zwoelferi (Dosse), Neoseiulus sp., Phytoseius finitimus Ribaga, Proprioseiopsis messor (Wainstein), Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) bagdasarjani Wainstein and Arutunjan, Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) rhenanus (Oudemans) and Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) recki (Wainstein) in this study. Neoseiulus barkeri wasdetected as the most common species with 57.44% total number of individuals in the three provinces. The most detected host plants were Cucumis sativus L. at 60.59%; Solanum melongena L. (Family name) at 15.94% while the least detected vegetable was Capsicum annuum L. at 1.06% percentages.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

February 28, 2023

Submission Date

May 18, 2021

Acceptance Date

February 16, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 26 Number: 1

APA
Kaymak Kara, B., Çobanoğlu, S., & Ölmez Bayhan, S. (2023). Predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on Vegetable Fields in Diyarbakır, Elazığ and Muş Provinces, Turkey. Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Tarım Ve Doğa Dergisi, 26(1), 38-46. https://doi.org/10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.938969

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