Transgenic cotton is very effective in controlling targeted pests such as cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera). However, increases in spider mite (Acari: Tetranychidae) populations have been reported in fields of transgenic cotton. The objectives of our laboratory experiments were (i) to determine host plant preference (transgenic or non-transgenic cotton) of T. turkestani females and (ii) to...

abstract during 2008-2009 species composition of injurious mites associated with common broad leaf trees and ornamental shrubs in green spaces of mashhad region was surveyed. as result, 13 mite species belonging to 10 genera and 3 families, eriophyidae, tetranychidae and tenuipalpidae were collected and identified. in bellow list, the new records for razavi khorasan and iran are indicated with ...

This article discusses the damage caused by pests to agricultural crops, including cotton, importance of their control, advantages using modern biotechnological methods in development new pest-resistant varieties and foreign experience this field, as well preliminary research case was also briefly illuminated.

The dark-red spider mite, Tetranychus ludeni Zacher (Acari: Tetranychidae), is a highly polyphagous species and an important pest of economic plants belonging to the families Cucurbitaceae, Malvaceae, Fabaceae Solanaceae, growing in tropical subtropical regions. In Western Palaearctic, its distribution reports have recently come mostly from Mediterranean Basin, i.e. Portugal, Spain, Italy Israe...