Citriculture and injurious mites -- Introduction to acari -- Methods and techniques -- Plant damage -- Control -- Key to the identification of families, subfamilies, tribes, genera and species -- Phytoptidae Murray -- Morphological characters and systematic outline -- Diptilomiopidae Keifer -- Tarsonemidae Canestrini et Fanzago -- Tenuipalpidae Berlese -- Tuckerellidae Baker et Pritchard -- Tetranychidae Donnadieu
Summary
Citrus pests are a serious issue for crop growers, causing problems in yield and economic losses. This title studies mites harmful to citrus plants from various citrus growing regions around the world. It addresses methods of removal from plants, describes symptoms of damage caused by pests and discusses methods of eradication and control