Preliminary survey and population dynamics of some eriophid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) associated with olives in Albania

Seasonal population dynamics of Aceria oleae (Nalepa, 1900) (Acari: Eriophyidae) in generative organs of olives in Hatay Province, Turkey

“…Also, the higher average temperatures and RH in the first 4 months of 2018 compared to the previous year caused higher population densities in Antakya and this peak population density was reached earlier during these months. Shahini et al (2009) also detected that between April 2001 and September 2002 the highest A. oleae population on fruits for the two consecutive years was in June. Although the climatic factors affect the eriophyid mite population, the reason for different population densities may be due to the local abundance of eriophyids on leaves, buds or fruits (Ersin et al, 2020).…”

“…The population was not significantly correlated with humidity in any districts in 2018. Hatzinikolis (1971) and Shahini et al (2009) also reported that about 90% of the mites were found in flower clusters. They suggested that the attacks on flowers and fruits resulted in drying and dropping of flowers or premature dropping of fruits.…”

“…In contrast, Abou-Awad et al (2005) reported the highest population densities of A. oleae and T. hassani on leaves occurred in mid-July in Egypt. Shahini et al (2009) also reported that the highest population densities of A. oleae on flowers of olive trees were in May and on fruits in June, 2001 in Albania. This information supports our findings.…”

“…Olive-infesting eriophyid mites are economically important agricultural pests that have been reported on olives in Egypt and Tunisia (Abou-Awad et al, 2005;Chatti et al, 2017) from North Africa; in Albania and Greece (Hatzinikolis, 1986;Shahini et al, 2009) from Europe and in Israel (Avidov & Harpaz, 1969) from the Middle East. Tzanakakis (2003) indicated that 12 of the 30-mite species reported from olives belong to the family Eriophyidae.…”

Mite diversity and population dynamics of eriophyid mites on olive trees in Western Turkey

“…During the fruit development period, fruit deformation, rust-like appearance and fruit drop occur in the early period as a result of feeding on fruit stem pits and fruit (Kacar et al, 2010). Similarly, it was found that T. hassani caused deformation of olive leaves and fruit and caused color change in rust appearance especially in fruit (Zaher & Hanna, 1965;Jeppson et al, 1975;Abou-Awad et al, 2005;Shahini et al, 2009;Kacar et al, 2010). In the present study, the tenuipalpid mites, C. lineola and Brevipalpus sp., were detected from one location in Izmir and nine locations from Balikesir, Manisa and Izmir Provinces, respectively.…”