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Written by a globally prominent entomologist, Agricultural Acarology: Introduction to Integrated Mite Management provides tools for developing integrated mite management programs for agriculture, including management of plant-feeding mites, mites attacking bees and livestock, and stored products. Emphasizing the biology, ecology, behavior, and diverse methods of controlling mites, this book provides an overview of the management of agriculturally important mites using all available Integrated Pest Management (IPM) tools, including biological control, cultural practices, host-plant resistance, and pesticides.
Agricultural Acarology prepares agricultural managers to identify, manage, and contribute to the field of integrated mite management. An accompanying downloadable resource contains numerous color photographs of mites and the damage they cause, and PDFs of key publications.
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3
CHAPTERĀ
1
GeneralĀ
IntroductionĀ
toĀ
Acarology
Acarology
.is.the.study.of.mites,.or.Acari.or.Acarina
.
.It.is.a.specialized.ļ¬eld.of.study.in.the.
larger.topics.of.invertebrate.zoology.and.entomology
.
.Because.some.mites.are.economically.impor-
tant.Ā pests.Ā of.Ā agriculture.Ā (crops,.Ā honey.Ā bees,.Ā stored.Ā food.Ā products,.Ā and.Ā livestock),.Ā are.Ā household.
pests,.or.are.vectors.of.diseases.of.humans.and.livestock,.acarology.is.often.studied.in.entomology.
departments.
Mites.have.been.studied.for.centuries
.
.A.tick-transmitted.fever.was.mentioned.in.an.ancient.
Egyptian.papyrus.in.1550.BC
.
.Homer.mentioned.ticks.in.850.BC,.and.Aristotle.described.mites.
parasitic.
on.
locusts
.
.
Hippocrates,.
Plutarch,.
Aristophanes,.
and.
Pliny.
all.
mentioned.
mites
.
.
Until.
about.Ā 1660,.Ā mites.Ā were.Ā referred.Ā to.Ā as.Ā ālice,ā.Ā ābeesties,ā.Ā or.Ā ālittle.Ā insects
.ā
.The.terms.āAkariā.and.
āmiteā.began.to.be.used.about.1650
.
.Linnaeus.used.the.generic.name.
Acarus
.in.the.ļ¬rst.edition.of.
the.
SystemaĀ
Naturae
.and.named.the.type.of.the.genus.
AcarusĀ
siro
.(a.grain.mite).in.1758
.
Acarology.was.an.active.ļ¬eld.in.Europe.in.the.late.19th.and.early.20th.centuries
.
.Beginning.
with.World.War.II,.an.increased.awareness.of.the.economic.importance.of.mites.and.ticks.arose.in.
the.United.States.and.elsewhere.due.to.a.concern.about.diseases.transmitted.by.ticks.and.chiggers.
(which.transmit.scrub.typhus)
.
.After.the.war,.with.the.increased.use.of.synthetic.organic.pesticides.
such.as.DDT.to.control.a.wide.array.of.insect.and.mite.pests,.spider.mites.became.much.more.seri-
ous.agricultural.pests.around.the.world,.and.applied.agricultural.acarology.developed.(Baker.and.
Wharton.1952,.Jeppson.et.al
.
.1975)
.
Mites.are.not.just.agricultural.pests,.however
.
.They.are.of.intrinsic.interest.to.zoologists.and.
ecologists.because.they.rival.the.insects.in.their.numbers.and.diversity
.
.Admittedly,.mites.usually.
are.less.obvious.due.to.their.small.size
.
.Most.mites.are.0
.08
.to.1
.0
.millimeters.(mm).in.length;.how-
ever,.some.ticks.and.red.velvet.mites.may.reach.lengths.of.10.to.20Ā mm
.
.We.do.not.know.just.how.
diverse.or.abundant.mites.are.due.to.the.fact.that.the.taxonomy.of.mites.is.50.to.100.years.behind.
that.of.the.insects
.
.This.is.because.mites.are.so.small.that.they.require.rather.specialized.methods.
and.equipment.to.study.them,.and.if.they.are.not.of.economic.importance.they.often.are.overlooked
.
.
It.is.not.unusual.for.new.species,.genera,.and.even.families.of.mites.to.be.discovered,.and.collecting.
in.distant.or.exotic.regions.is.not.required.to.discover.new.mite.taxa
.
.By.1950,.about.30,000.species.
of.mites.in.1700.genera.had.been.described
.
.As.of.1999,.approximately.40,000.species.of.mites.had.
been.described,.and.estimates.of.unnamed.species.range.from.0
.5
.to.1.million.species.(Walter.and.
Proctor.1999)
.
Some.taxonomists.have.suggested.there.may.be.more.mite.species.than.insect.species.because.
mites.are.smaller.and.able.to.occupy.smaller.niches.than.insects
.
.Certainly,.they.outdo.the.insects.
in.the.diversity.of.habitats.they.lay.claim.to.because.of.their.small.size
.
.Mites.have.colonized.all.of.
the.habitats.that.insects.have.colonized;.some.are.terrestrial.and.some.aquatic.in.freshwater,.and.
some.are.even.found.in.the.oceans.(Evans.1992,.Houck.1994,.Proctor.2006,.Krantz.and.Walter.
2009).
.Mites.are.freeliving.or.are.parasitic.on.plants.and.on.vertebrate.and.invertebrate.animals;.for.
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Author
- Chapter 1 - General Introduction to Acarology
- Chapter 2 - The Relationship of Mites to Other Arthropods
- Chapter 3 - Basic Structure and Function of Mites
- Chapter 4 - Collection, Identification, and Culturing of Mites
- Chapter 5 - The Strategy of Integrated Mite Management
- Chapter 6 - Tetranychidae: Premier Plant Pests
- Chapter 7 - The Tarsonemidae
- Chapter 8 - The Eriophyoidea: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown
- Chapter 9 - The Tenuipalpidae (Flat or False Spider Mites) as Pests
- Chapter 10 - The Penthaleidae
- Chapter 11 - Friends or Foes?
- Chapter 12 - The Phytoseiidae : Effective Natural Enemies
- Chapter 13 - Predatory Insects and Plant-Feeding Mites
- Chapter 14 - Pathogens and Symbionts of Mites and Ticks
- Chapter 15 - Classical Biological Control of the Cassava Green Mite in Africa
- Chapter 16 - Integrated Mite Management in Washington Apple Orchards
- Chapter 17 - Integrated Mite Management in California Almonds
- Chapter 18 - Integrated Mite Management in Citrus in Florida and California
- Chapter 19 - Managing Mites on Ornamental Plants
- Chapter 20 - Varroa jacobsoni
- Chapter 21 - Tracheal Mite (Acarapis woodi)
- Chapter 22 - Ticks (Argasidae and Ixodidae)
- Chapter 23 - Pest Mites of Farm and Companion Animals
- Chapter 24 - Post-Harvest Pest Mites
- Chapter 25 - Dust Mites (Pyroglyphidae)
- Some General Conclusions about Integrated Mite Management
- Glossary
- Back Cover