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Mite Pest Species and Their Natural Enemies of the Cannabis Plants |
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| Creator | Ploychompoo Konvipasruang |
| Title | Mite Pest Species and Their Natural Enemies of the Cannabis Plants |
| Contributor | Wimolwan Chotwong, Athitiya Kaewpradit, Naphacharakorn Ta-phaisach, Weerachai Somsri |
| Publisher | Department of Agriculture |
| Publication Year | 2567 |
| Journal Title | Thai Agricultural Research Journal |
| Journal Vol. | 42 |
| Journal No. | 2 |
| Page no. | 203-216 |
| Keyword | mite pest, mite, spider mite, broad mite, eriophyid mite, rust mite |
| URL Website | tci-thaijo.org/index.php/thaiagriculturalresearch |
| Website title | Thai Agricultural Research Journal |
| ISSN | 3027-7272 |
| Abstract | Currently, cannabis is allowed to be grown for herbal medicine uses in Thailand. It is becoming a new economic crop with expanding planting area while there is very limited knowledge of the pest species and their distribution. The survey of mite species, the potential pests of cannabis, was carried out from October 2021 to December 2023 in 61 districts of 33 provinces of Thailand. We found 19 species in 7 families of mites and insect, including 15 species of mite pests in 4 families, 2 predatory mites in 1 family, and 1 species of predatory insect. They were: Aculops cannabicola (Farkas) in the family Eriophyidae, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) in the family Tarsonemidae which caused the tops of cannabis leaves to become small and curled, Brevipalpus californicus group in the family Tenuipalpidae. The other 12 species were in the family Tetranychidae: Eotetranychus suvipakiti Ehara, Neotetranychus sp., Panonychus elongatus Manson, Tetranychus kanzawai Ehara, Tetranychus gloveri Banks, Tetranychus neocaledonicus Andre, Tetranychus piercei McGregor, Tetranychus phaselus Ehara, Tetranychus truncatus Ehara, Tetranychus sp., Tetranychus urticae Koch and Tetranychus hydrangeae Pritchard & Baker. Spider mites were found to cause damage to the lower leaves of cannabis, turning them yellow and eventually dry. The most important mite species of cannabis was T. truncates which was found infesting cannabis in almost every area surveyed. In addition, 2 species of predatory mites and 1 predatory insect were found in this study: Amblyseius cinctus Corpuz-Raros & Rimando, Neoseiulus longispinosus (Evans), and Scolothrips asura Ramakrishna & Margabhandu. |
