Mites associated with some medicinal plants (Asteraceae) in Hamedan, Iran

10.48311/jcp.2013.1084
Volume 2, Issue 2
June 2013
Pages 209-218

Authors

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Bu Ali-Sina University, Hamadan, Iran.

Abstract
Medicinal plants were used from past to present. Different small arthropods such as Acari were found on these plants. Therefore a study on the Acari fauna associated with some medicinal plants (Family: Asteraceae) in Hamedan region was carried out during 2008–2009. In this survey, 23 species belonging 18 genera from 15 different families of the subclass Acari were collected and identified. Two spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch) was determined as an abundant phytophagous mite species in this study.

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