Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with tea gardens in north of Iran |
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| Authors: | Habib Abbasipour Abdolhossein Taghavi Fahimeh Rastegar Edward A. Ueckermann |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Protection , Shahed University , Tehran , Iran Habbasipour@yahoo.com;3. Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Protection , Shahed University , Tehran , Iran;4. ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute , Queenswood , Pretoria , South Africa |
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| Abstract: | Predator mites of Phytoseiidae family are among the most important biocontrol agents in the world. These beneficial mites are considered as natural enemies of many pests and herbivore mites, and can feed on different growth stages of pests (egg, larva or nymph). Five species of Phytoseiidae mites were found during a survey conducted on tea plants, Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), in the Mazandaran and Guilan Provinces in the north of Iran, on the coast of the Caspian Sea, the major tea-growing region of Iran. Some of these species are recorded for the first time in tea gardens of Iran. |
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| Keywords: | Phytoseiidae predatory mite biological control tea gardens Iran |
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