Volume : IV, Issue : XI, November - 2015

A REPORT ON MITES (ACARI) OCCURRING IN RICE AGROECOSYSTEM IN SOUTH BENGAL

Sugandha Mukhopadhyay, Salil Kumar Gupta

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 The present paper provided a list of phytophagous and predatory mites occurring in rice ecosystem in South Bengal. This includes mites not only on paddy leaves but also those which could be collected in stored paddy, paddy husk, weeds and in accumulated water in the paddy field. A total of 44 species of mites have been documented under 19 families, 34 genera and 4 orders including 15 species under 8 genera and 4 families belonging to phytophagous group, 17 species under 14 genera and 8 families under predatory group and 11 species under as many genera as fungal feeders. Habitatwise distribution was 25 species from paddy leaves, 9 species from stored paddy, 8 species from paddy husk, 25 species from associated weeds and one from accumulated water in paddy field. Among these, Oligonychus oryzae, Steneotarsonemus spinki on paddy leaves, Acarus sp. on paddy husk, Acarus sp. and Cheyletus eruditus on stored paddy and Acarus sp., Fuscuropoda sp. and Acarophenax tribolii on associated weeds were found dominant.

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Sugandha Mukhopadhyay, Salil Kumar Gupta / A REPORT ON MITES (ACARI) OCCURRING IN RICE AGROECOSYSTEM IN SOUTH BENGAL / International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 11 November 2015

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