STUDIES ON MITE SPECIES ASSOCIATED WITH FARM MANURES AT MENOUFIA PROVINCE | ||
| Menoufia Journal of Plant Protection | ||
| Article 4, Volume 3, Issue 1, January and February 2018, Pages 33-34 PDF (255.93 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjapam.2018.123338 | ||
| Author | ||
| M. E. M. Sweelam | ||
| Prof. of Agricultural Zoology, Fac. of Agric., Menoufia Univ. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This research included field and laboratory studies, the field studies carried out under the prevailing conditions in two locations;( the animal farm of faculty of agriculture at Shebin El-kom and private animal and poultry farm in Eldabayba in Berkt El-saba ) which representing at Menoufia province to survey certain mite species of farm manure inhabiting three different type of organic manure ( Cattle, sheep and poultry), during one year from January to December. laboratory studies were conducted in Agricultural Zoology Department . The obtained results recorded forty three species belonging to thirty ninegenera under twenty nine families were collected and identify from tested manures . The genus Scatoglyphus belonging to family Scatoglyphidae from Acarididae group was recorded at the first time in Egypt . The population abundance of mite associated with manure mentioned above at both localities was studied.. The full description and measurements of adult male and female of the new species , Dendrolaelaps menoufiensis n. sp. (Digamasellidae) were presented which recorded in poultry manure from January to May 2016 at Shebin El-kom locality,Menofia Province . The predatory mite, Dendrolaelaps monoufiensis n. sp. was reared on different types of preys )acarid mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Shrank) , Free Living nematode and Mycelia of the three fungi species : Aspergillus niger, Rhizopus sp. and Fusarium oxysporum | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Poultry manure; Dendrolaelaps; Biological study; mesostigmata mite; prostigmata mite | ||
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