Two new species of family acaridae infesting stored products from district Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan. | [International Journal of Agriculture and Biology • 2014]

Author(s):

1. Muhammad Hamid Bashir: Department of Agri. Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

2. Sabyan Faris Honey: Department of Agri. Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

3. Shaukat Ali: College of Natural Resource and Environment, South China Agricultural University, China

4. Muhammad Kamran: Department of Plant Protection, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

5. Bilal Saeed Khan: Department of Agri. Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

6. Muhammad Afzal: Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan

Abstract:

In the existing environment of this fast growing world, food scarcity is becoming major concern to be addressed due to considerable losses of food commodities not only during growth span but also post - harvest stage of any commodity is susceptible to number of losses. Mite pests are one of major concerning factors, which boost up such losses including both quantitative and qualitative. Family Acaridae is the major family of mites round the world, which not only possess great threat to stored commodities but also cause number of diseases in humans including asthma and skin allergies etc. During this study a comprehensive survey of different stored commodities from District Gujranwala was made to observe the influence of mite pests over these commodities, which resulted in discovery of two new species of family Acaridae belonging to genera Rhizoglyphus and Tyrophagus namely Rhizoglyphus iftikhari and Tyrophagus bisetosis infesting stored commodities. The types were deposited in the Acarology Research Laboratory, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.

Page(s): 347-352

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Published: Journal: International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Year: 2014

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