A new method for mite extraction from leaf samples

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 31-39

  Faraji, Farid ^a   Bruin, Jan ^a   Bakker, Frank ^a  

^a MITOX Consultants   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Leaf sample; Liquid paraffin; Mite extraction; Quantitative assessment

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; LEAF; METHODOLOGY; MITE; SAMPLING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; MITES; PLANT LEAVES;

ACARI; ALEYRODIDAE; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CICADELLIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PSYLLIDAE;

EID: 1842581760     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000018227.71296.65     Document Type: Article

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