Survey of predacious soil mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in citrus orchards of the Nile Delta and Middle Egypt with notes on the abundance of the citrus parasitic nematode Tylenchulus semipenetrans (Tylenchida: Tylenchulidae)

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-69

  El Banhawy, E M ^a,b   Nasr, A K ^a   Afia, S I ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Citrus; Mesostigmatid mites; Natural enemies; Parasitic nematodes; Soil mites; Tylenchulus semipenetrans; Uropodid

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CITRUS; GAMASIDA; GAMASIPHIS PULCHELLUS; MESOSTIGMATA; NEMATODA; NENTERIA; TYLENCHIDA; TYLENCHULIDAE; TYLENCHULUS SEMIPENETRANS; UROOBOVELLA; UROPODIDAE;

EID: 33745083922     PISSN: 17427584     EISSN: 17427592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IJT200692     Document Type: Review

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