An overview of occurrence, development and damage of bamboo mites and their integrated management in Fujian, China

Zhang, Yanxuan; Zhang, Zhiqiang; Liu, Qiaoyun; Jiang, Lin; Ji, Jie

doi:10.11158/saasp.4.1.4

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“…Therefore economic injury occurred mostly in monoculture forests. These observations support our hypothesis that monoculture is one of the main cause of mite outbreaks in Fujian (Zhang et al 1999(Zhang et al , 2000. We also noted that forests at high altitudes had lower mite damage than those at lower altitudes (Fig.…”

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“…We also noted that forests at high altitudes had lower mite damage than those at lower altitudes (Fig. 2), a finding consistent with the former obervations of Zhang et al (2000). This pattern might be related to the fact that it is cooler at higher altitudes, where forests in general are also less disturbed.…”

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“…The two most likely explanations for the patterns are: (1) the movement behaviour of the herbivore in relation to plant diversity and (2) the effect of relatively more natural enemies in polyculture (Risch et al 1983). Monoculture forests facilitate the dispersal of phytophagous mites, which would be otherwise slowed down by unsuitable non-host plants surrounding bamboo plants in a polyculture forest (Zhang et al 1999(Zhang et al , 2000. Only controlled experiments can corroborate this hypothesis.…”

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confidence: 48%

“…The mite problem became acute in the late 1980s when large areas of forests in Fujian were converted to monoculture bamboo forests in order to meet the increasing demand for bamboo as a raw material in construction, furniture and food (Zhang et al 2000). Before 1985, the bamboo plants were mixed with other trees in polyculture natural forests.…”

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“…It is therefore hypothesized (Zhang et al 1999(Zhang et al , 2000 that pure, dense monoculture bamboo stands facilitate the rapid growth and dispersal of these mites, which would be otherwise slowed down by unsuitable non-host plants surrounding bamboo plants in a polyculture forest. It is also hypothesized (Zhang et al 1999(Zhang et al , 2000 that monoculture reduces the abundance of natural enemies of phytophagous mites by reducing alternative habitats and food for them, which indirectly could also contribute to the outbreaks of phytophagous mites on bamboo in Fujian. In this paper, we test these hypotheses by examining the damage that phytophagous mites caused to bamboo leaves and the densities of both phytophagous mites and predatory mites in ten pairs of monoculture versus polyculture forests at six different locations in Fujian.…”

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Causes of mite pest outbreaks in bamboo forests in Fujian, China: analyses of mite damage in monoculture versus polyculture stands

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Systematic and Acarology Acarology Special Publications

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Damage caused by the phytophagous mites Schizotetranychus nanjingensis Ma & Yuan, Aponychus corpuzae Rimando and/or Aculus bambusae Kuang to the moso bamboo (Phyllostaychs pubescens) was examined for ten pairs of monoculture versus polyculture forests at six locations in Fujian, China. Mite damage in the monoculture forests (35%) was on average twice as high as that in the polyculture forests (17.5% < the injury level of 20%). The relative contribution of each mite species to total damage varied among sites, but Ap. corpuzae was the dominant pest at all sites except one, where S. nanjingensis was the major pest. Polyculture forests overall had more predatory mites than monoculture forests. Mite damage was inversely correlated with the altitudes of individual forests across sites. These results are discussed in light of ecological theories on the effects of plant diversity on animal abundance and suggestions for possible measures to control pest mites on bamboo in Fujian.

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Causes of mite pest outbreaks in bamboo forests in Fujian, China: analyses of mite damage in monoculture versus polyculture stands

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Ambulatory migration in mites (Acari: Tetranychidae, Phytoseiidae) to new leaves of moso bamboo shoots

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The migratory behaviour of two tetranychid pest species, Aponychus corpuzae and Schizotetranychus nanjingensis, and one phytoseiid, Typhlodromus bambusae, was studied in several monocultural bamboo forests in Fujian Province, China. The aim of the study was to assess how the ambulatory immigration of tetranychid and phytoseiid mites from the ground to new leaves is affected by a sticky barrier around the stem, by the age of bamboo shoots or by shoot density. The results show that while the sticky barrier is particularly effective at disrupting the ambulatory immigration from the ground to new leaves of S. nanjinigensis to 1-year-old shoots and of A. corpuzae to 3-year-old shoots, it has no significant effect on the immigration of the phytoseiid mite.

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The bamboo spider mite Aponychus corpuzae Rimando (Acari: Tetranychidae); first record in the West‐Palaearctic

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Aponychus corpuzae Rimando 1966 is an Oriental and East‐Palaearctic tetranychoid mite dwelling mainly on bamboo plants. In November 2012, it was recorded for the first time on Phyllostachys bambusoides (Poaceae, Bambuseae) in South‐Western Slovenia near Nova Gorica, which is also the first occurrence of this species in Europe. Later on it was discovered on the same bamboo species in several places in the area as well as in one place in North‐Eastern Italy (Gorizia) near the border with Slovenia. Its repeated findings for three consecutive years suggest that the species has become established in this area. The morphological and morphometric features of the local populations were compared with the data given in the literature. Photographs of the findings are also provided.

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An overview of occurrence, development and damage of bamboo mites and their integrated management in Fujian, China

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Causes of mite pest outbreaks in bamboo forests in Fujian, China: analyses of mite damage in monoculture versus polyculture stands

Causes of mite pest outbreaks in bamboo forests in Fujian, China: analyses of mite damage in monoculture versus polyculture stands

Ambulatory migration in mites (Acari: Tetranychidae, Phytoseiidae) to new leaves of moso bamboo shoots

The bamboo spider mite Aponychus corpuzae Rimando (Acari: Tetranychidae); first record in the West‐Palaearctic

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