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MITES ASSOCIATED WITH APPLE IN NOVA SCOTIA1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Aly H. Rasmy  and
A. W. MacPhee
Aly H. Rasmy
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Kentville, Nova Scotia
A. W. MacPhee
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Kentville, Nova Scotia
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Abstract

Fifty-seven species of 27 families of mites associated with apple trees in Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, were recorded. Five species were phytophagous, 34 species were presumably predacious, and 18 species were presumably scavengers and fungus feeders.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 102 , Issue 2 , February 1970 , pp. 172 - 174
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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