Hortus Botanicus (Dec 2022)

Adaptation of new species of mites in the greenhouse of the Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden

  • Litvinova Svetlana Vasilevna,
  • Rak Natalija Semyonovna

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15393/j4.art.2022.8265
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 1

Abstract

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The results of entomological monitoring of invasive species of herbivorous mites in the greenhouse of the Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden in the period from 2012 to 2020 are given. Activation of mites of the Acariformes order from family Tenuipalpidae – Brevipalpus obovatus Donnadieu, family Tarsonemidae – Phytonemus pallidus Banks; Polyphagotarsonemus latus Banks, Steneotarsonemus laticeps Halbert. in the garden greenhouses is noted. A list of plants that are damaged by dangerous pests of the class Arachnida, order Acariformes, has been compiled. Trophic connections and the degree of their harmfulness have been determined. Technologies for plant protection have been developed and implemented.

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