[The destructive effect of Glycyphagus aegyptiaca Attiah on cucumber seedlings grown in plastic houses]
1989
Allawi, T.F. (Jordan Univ., Amman (Jordan). Faculty of Agriculture)
Glycyphagus aegyptiacus Attiah proved to be saprophyte. It feeds on organic material and decaying matter in the soil. It was observed in the laboratory feeding on different fungi. New methods and techniques were developed to separate the mite olive from infested soil. The infestation to cucumber seedlings occurred accidentally after planting the seeds and irrigating the soil, seeds absorb water, seed cover splits and the mites find their way to the growing point between the cotyledons. When the plants grow above the soil surface they already contain the mites that continue feeding on the growing points. Suggestions to avoid this mite in infested soil in the plastic houses were discussed
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