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Among the important arthropod pests of soybean are several species of plant-feeding mites. The Tetranychidae, a family of the most damaging species, spin copious webbing on the plant and, therefore, are commonly called “spiders,” red spiders, or spider mites. The species of phytophagous mites that have been observed to injure soybean are listed in Table 15-1. In California two species Tetranychus urticae Koch, the twospotted spider mite, and T. pacificus McGregor, the Pacific spider mite, caused partial to complete defoliation of soybean and reduced seed yield (Carlson 1969). In Maryland T. turkestani Ugarov and Nikolski, the strawberry spider mite, and T. urticae were reported as the principal injurious species (Ratcliffe et al. 1960). T. turkestani and T. yusti (McGregor) were chiefly responsible for mite injury observed in Delaware. Whereas up to 16% of all leaves collected were infested with spider mites, only 2% were infested with T. yusti; hence the strawberry spider mite appears to be the most abundant mite pest. Panonychus sp. was collected only once (Baker and Connell 1961).
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Poe, S.L. (1980). Sampling Mites on Soybean. In: Kogan, M., Herzog, D.C. (eds) Sampling Methods in Soybean Entomology. Springer Series in Experimental Entomology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-9998-1_15
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