?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.24349%2Facarologia%2F20214414&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2Fid%2Feprint%2F40430%2F&rft.title=Mite+species+(Acari)+on+blackberry+cultivars+in+organic+and+conventional+farms+in+Florida+and+Georgia%2C+USA&rft.creator=Akyaz%C4%B1%2C+Rana&rft.creator=Welbourn%2C+Cal&rft.creator=Liburd%2C+Oscar+E.&rft.subject=%22Organics%22+in+general&rft.description=This+study+was+carried+out+to+determine+mite+species+on+blackberry+plants+(Rubus+spp.+(Rosaceae))+in+Florida+and+Georgia%2C+USA%2C+and+differences+in+mite+species+between+organic+and+conventional+blackberry+plantings+in+the+area+sampled.+Surveys+were+conducted+in+organic+and+conventional+commercial+blackberry+plantings+from+June+to+October+2016.+Leaf+samples+were+collected+monthly+from+nine+different+blackberry+cultivars+including+%E2%80%98Arapaho%E2%80%99%2C+%E2%80%98Choctaw%E2%80%99%2C+%E2%80%98Freedom%E2%80%99%2C+%E2%80%98Kiowa%E2%80%99%2C+%E2%80%98Natchez%E2%80%99%2C+%E2%80%98Navaho%E2%80%99%2C+%E2%80%98Osage%E2%80%99%2C+%E2%80%98Ouachita%E2%80%99%2C+and+Von.+Approximately+20+leaves+per+blackberry+plant+were+taken.+Twenty+mite+species+(a+total+of+152+mite+specimens)+belonging+to+7+families+including+Phytoseiidae+(9+species)%2C+Ascidae+(1)%2C+Cheyletidae+(1)%2C+Erythraeidae+(1)%2C+Stigmaeidae+(1)%2C+Tetranychidae+(4)+and+Tarsonemidae+(3)+were+identified+during+the+study.+It+was+found+that+the+abundance+of+predatory+mites+collected+in+organic+farms+was+over+2-fold+higher+(105)+than+in+conventional+farms+(47)%2C+which+may+be+related+to+pesticide+use+on+these+commercial+farms.+Future+surveys+should+provide+a+list+of+predatory+species%2C+which+may+hold+potential+for+biological+control+of+economically+important+pest+mites.&rft.publisher=Acarologia&rft.date=2021&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=+++Akyaz%C4%B1%2C+Rana%3B+Welbourn%2C+Cal+and+Liburd%2C+Oscar+E.+++(2021)+Mite+species+(Acari)+on+blackberry+cultivars+in+organic+and+conventional+farms+in+Florida+and+Georgia%2C+USA.+++Acarologia%2C+pp.+31-45.++++++++&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.24349%2Facarologia%2F20214414&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.24349%2Facarologia%2F20214414