The panicle rice mite, Steneotarsonemus spinki Smiley, a re-discovered pest of rice in the United States

Crop Protection

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 547-560

  Hummel, Natalie A ^a   Castro, Boris A ^b   McDonald, Eric M ^c   Pellerano, Miguel A ^d   Ochoa, Ronald ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d Moscoso Santo Domingo   (Dominican Republic)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adventive species; Fungi; Invasive species; Oryza sativa; Tarsonemidae

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; CROP PEST; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST PLANT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; MITE; PATHOGEN; RICE; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA GLUMAE; DELPHACIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; ORYZA SATIVA; SAROCLADIUM ORYZAE; STENEOTARSONEMUS; TARSONEMIDAE;

EID: 67349123107     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2009.03.011     Document Type: Review

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