Argentina is the second largest peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) exporter in world. The main pest our country two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch 1836). To date, there no validated method to quantify this pest. aim of work was develop and validate a logarithmic diagrammatic scale assess damage by peanut. In 2015-16, 200 leaflets were collected from plot infested with Damaged le...

Spider mites are considered as a potential threat to varying agricultural crops across the globe. Among agriculturally important spider mite species, Tetranychus urticae Koch and macfarlanei Baker Pritchard severely affect crop production incur heavy yield loss in agriculture sector. As an ecofriendly pest management strategy, biocontrol using phytoseiid predatory gaining significant attention ...

Tetranychus urticae is one of the most important and destructive mite species infesting vegetable crops, which very to control because its wide host range. The damage caused by two spotted spider can be eliminated using entomopathogenic fungi, as acaricidal causes various problems such resistance, resurgence residue problems. Therefore, present study was carried out with a view evaluate efficac...