Eriophyoid Mites: Progress and Prognoses (Hardcover, 2010)

Preface; E. A. Ueckermann. What's "cool" on eriophyoid mites? Enrico de Lillo and Anna Skoracka. Behavioural studies on eriophyoid mites: an overview; Katarzyna Michalska, Anna Skoracka, Denise Navia and James W. Amrine . Plant-eriophyoid mite interactions: cellular biochemistry and metabolic responses induced in mite-injured plants. Part I; Radmila Petanovi? and Malgorzata Kielkiewicz. Plant-eriophyoid mite interactions: specific and unspecific morphological alterations. Part II; Radmila Petanovi? and Malgorzata Kielkiewicz. Host-plant specificity and specialization in eriophyoid mites and their importance for the use of eriophyoid mites as biocontrol agents of weeds; Anna Skoracka, Lincoln Smith, George Oldfield, Massimo Cristofaro and James W. Amrine. Effectiveness of eriophyid mites for biological control of weedy plants and challenges for future research; L. Smith, E. de Lillo and J. W. Amrine. The impact of eriophyoids on crops: recent issues on Aculus schlechtendali, Calepitrimerus vitis and Aculops lycopersici; C. Duso, M. Castagnoli, S. Simoni and G. Angeli. An insight into some relevant aspects concerning eriophyoid mites inhabiting forests, ornamental trees and shrubs; Marisa Castagnoli, Mariusz Lewandowski, Gabriel S. ?abanowski, Sauro Simoni and Gra?yna M. Soika. The role of eriophyoids in fungal pathogen epidemiology, mere association or true interaction? Efrat Gamliel-Atinsky, Stanley Freeman, Marcel Maymon, Eduard Belausov, Ronald Ochoa, Gary Bauchan, Anna Skoracka, Jorge Pena and Eric Palevsky. The control of eriophyoid mites: state of the art and future challenges; Thomas Van Leeuwen, Johan Witters, Ralf Nauen, Carlo Duso and Luc Tirry. Adventive eriophyoid mites: a global review of their impact, pathways, prevention and challenges; Denise Navia, Ronald Ochoa, Cal Welbourn and Francisco Ferragut. DNA-based methods for eriophyoid mite studies: review, critical aspects, prospects and challenges; Maria Navajas and DeniseNavia. Collection and detection of eriophyoid mites; R. Monfreda, M. Lekveishvili, R. Petanovic and J. W. Amrine. Recommended procedures and techniques for morphological studies of Eriophyoidea (Acari: Prostigmata); E. de Lillo, C. Craemer, J. W. Amrine and G. Nuzzaci.