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Taro bulb mite (391) Print Fact Sheet

Summary

Common Name

Taro bulb mite

Scientific Name

Rhizoglyphus minutus


AUTHOR Grahame Jackson
Information from Zhang Z-Q et al. (2004) Current status of research on Rhizoglyphus mites associated with taro. SPC Third Taro Symposium: 21-23 May 2003: Nadi, Fiji Islands; and Biosecurity Australia (2011) Review of import conditions for fresh taro corms. Biosecurity Australia, Canberra; Diaz A et al. (2000) Biology, ecology, and management of the bulb mites of the genus Rhizoglyphus (Acari: Acaridae). Experimental and Applied Acarology 24: 85–113; and Bulbmites. University of Florida/IFAS Pest Control Guides. (https://mrec.ifas.ufl.edu/foliage/entomol/ncstate/mite2.htm); and from Zhang Z (2004) Of mites and quarantine: a story of two crops. Te Taiao 3: 12–13. (http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/publications/newsletters/tetaiao/TeTaiaoIssue3.pdf). Photo 1&2 MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (2011) Bulb Mite (Rhizoglyphus minutus). Updated 2014. PaDIL - https://www.padil.gov.au.

Produced with support from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research under project HORT/2016/18: Responding to emerging pest and disease threats to horticulture in the Pacific islands, implemented by the University of Queensland and the Pacific Community.



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