Seasonal abundance of spider mite <i>Tetranychus urticae</i> Koch on vegetable and ornamental plants in Rajshahi

Authors

  • Minhajul Haque Department of Zoology University of Rajshahi
  • Tamanna Islam Department of Zoology University of Rajshahi
  • Najmoon Naher Department of Zoology University of Rajshahi
  • Mohd Mainul Haque Professor Department of Zoology University of Rajshahi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/ujzru.v30i0.10745

Keywords:

Seasonal abundance, Tetranychus urticae, vegetable and ornamental plants

Abstract

The seasonal abundance of spider mite T. urticae on twenty vegetable and twenty four ornamental plants in Rajshahi was conducted during August 2010 to January 2011. The mite was present on joscpks coat, kathua, ladys finger, cucumber, brinjal, tomato, bottle gourd, bean, loofah, spinach, bitter melon, pointed gourd, radish, and cowpea but no mite was recorded on other six plants. But all the ornamental plants bagan-bilash, bottlebrush, nayantara, morog-jhuti, hasnahena, chandramallika, dalia, krisno-chura, togor, joba, madhobilata, rongon, beli, daisy, sondhamaloti, kamini, musanda, rakto-karobi, shewli, kath-golap, rajanigandha, golap, ganda, zinia contained mites. The pick population was prevailed during August. The increase of mite number is directly related with the increase of temperature.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ujzru.v30i0.10745

Univ. j. zool. Rajshahi Univ. Vol. 30, 2011 pp. 37-40

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Published

2012-05-24

How to Cite

Haque, M., Islam, T., Naher, N., & Haque, M. M. (2012). Seasonal abundance of spider mite <i>Tetranychus urticae</i> Koch on vegetable and ornamental plants in Rajshahi. University Journal of Zoology, Rajshahi University, 30, 37–40. https://doi.org/10.3329/ujzru.v30i0.10745

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Vol. 30 (2011)

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