Diversity and Abundance of Mite Species in Citrus Orchards of Sargodha, Pakistan
Muhammad Afzal1, Muhammad Irfan Ullah1*, Muhammad Hamid Bashir2, Shah Najaf Mukhtar1, Muhammad Arshad1, Nimra Altaf1
1Department of Entomology, University of Sargodha, 40100, Sargodha, Pakistan.
2Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Corresponding author: Muhammad Irfan Ullah
muhammad.irfanullah@uos.edu.pk
Figure 1:
Map showing the selected locations (Tehsils) in Sargodha district for sampling of citrus mites.
Figure 2:
The indentified species of mites colleccted from three citrus cultivars at different locations of district Sargodha, (a) Cunaxa sp, (b) Amblyseious andersoni, (c) Euseius sp.,(d) Neoseiulus sp., (e) Brevipalpus californicus, (f) Brevipalpus phoenicis, (g) Eutetranychus orientalis, (h) Tetranychus urticae; Tetranychidae) (i) Panonychus citri.