Susceptibility of Some Pepper Varieties to Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) infestation (Acari: Tarsonemidae) | ||
| Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology | ||
| Article 3, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-10 PDF (2.69 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original research articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajesa.2010.163464 | ||
| Authors | ||
| S. M. Hafez1; Badawy A. Abou-Awad2; Bassim M Farhat*3 | ||
| 1Plant Protection Dept., Faculty of Agric., Ain-Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt | ||
| 2Plant Protection Dept., National Research Center, 12622 Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||
| 3Modem Agric. Co., Tahrir Province, El-behera, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The broad mite Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) causes serious damage to apical leaves of pepper seedlings (Capsicum annuum L.) into nursery of plastic houses. Population density and seedling damage were estimated after artificial mite infestation of pepper seedling varieties traveta, top star and habeba, with unfolded first, second, and third true leaves. Thrity thee days after infestation; seedling damage was greater in those infested at the first true leaf unfolded. Hot pepper habeba seedlings were the most susceptible variety to broad mite, followed by the two sweet pepper varieties top star and traveta. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Polyphagotarsonemus latus; Tarsonemidae; Capsicum annuum; Plant growth; Damage; Plastic house | ||
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