OCCURRENCE OF SOME PREDACEOUS MITES ASSOCIATED WITH PLANTS FREE FROM CHEMICAL PESTICIDES

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1 1. Fac. of Agric., Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

2 2. Dep. of Acarology - Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC, Dokki Giza.

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Occurrence of some predacious mites associated with plants free from chemical pesticides were conducted, Six mite species belong to the family Phytoseiidae and two mite species of the family Ascidae were recorded. The plants belong to 11 families most of which were weeds. Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot was the most commonest and abundant mite species in this study followed by Euseius scutalis (Athias-Henriot). The family Poaceae was the gainful one of the 11 host plant families, followed by the family Solanaceae in herbouring predaceous mite species

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