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Life cycle of a plant parasitic mite, Tetranychus sayedi Baker & Pitchard (Acari: Tetranychidae) on two hosts from West Bengal, India

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The present paper reports duration of different developmental stages as well as fecundity, longevity, oviposition periods, sex ratio, etc. of Tetranychus sayedi Baker & Pitchard on two medicinal plants, viz. Cryptolepis buchanani Roem & Schult and Justicia adhatoda L. under laboratory condition at 27.5 °C and 65% R.H. during February–March, 2016. The two hosts in which the life cycle was studied form two new records of hosts for this mite. It appears that C. buchanani is better host among the two hosts as because the life cycle (egg to adult) was completed in shorter time, recording high fecundity and longer longevity.

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The authors express grateful thanks to the Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur for allowing the authors to collect samples from medicinal plants garden of the Ashrama. The authors are also thankful to Dr. Nirmal Debnath and Dr. Indrani Sarkar, the former and present Heads, Post graduate Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar college, Kolkata, for providing the laboratory facilities. The first author is thankful to University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, for providing financial assistance in the form of Post Doctoral Fellowship.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar College, Salt Lake Campus, C L Block, Kolkata, 700 091, India

    Sagata Mondal & Salil Kumar Gupta

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Mondal, S., Gupta, S.K. Life cycle of a plant parasitic mite, Tetranychus sayedi Baker & Pitchard (Acari: Tetranychidae) on two hosts from West Bengal, India. J Parasit Dis 41, 862–868 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-017-0907-5

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