1. Foreword

   OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 318

2. Spider Mites of Japan: Their Biology and Control

   • Akio Takafuji
   • Akihito Ozawa
   • Tetsuo Gotoh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 335

3. Population Dynamics of Tetranychus Kanzawai (Acari: Tetranychidae) on Hydrangea

   • Tetsuo Gotoh
   • Koh Gomi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 350

4. Do Kin Selection and Intra-Sexual Selection Operate in Spider Mites?

   • Yutaka Saito

   OriginalPaper Pages: 351 - 363

5. Genetic Differentiation in Tetranychus Urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae): polymorphism, host races or sibling species?

   • Maria Navajas
   • Anastasia Tsagkarakov
   • Marie-Jeanne Perrot-Minnot

   OriginalPaper Pages: 365 - 376

6. Induced Response of Tomato Plants to Injury by Green and Red Strains of Tetranychus Urticae

   • Junji Takabayashi
   • Takeshi Shimoda
   • Akio Takafuji

   OriginalPaper Pages: 377 - 383

7. Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Microsatellite Locus Found in an RAPD Marker of a Spider Mite, Panonychus Citri (Acari: Tetranychidae)

   • Mh. Osakabe
   • Norihide Hinomoto
   • Koichi Goka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 385 - 395

8. Feeding Life Style of Redlegged Earth Mite, Halotydeus Destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae), in pastures and the role of broad-leafed weeds

   • T.J. Ridsdill-Smith
   • C.C. Pavri

   OriginalPaper Pages: 397 - 414

9. Effects of Light on the Tritrophic Interaction Between Kidney Bean Plants, Two-Spotted Spider Mites and Predatory Mites, Amblyseius Womersleyi (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

   • Taro Maeda
   • Junji Takabayashi
   • Akio Takafuji

   OriginalPaper Pages: 415 - 425

10. Do Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles Influence Predator Migration and Local Dynamics of Herbivorous and Predatory Mites?

    • Bas Pels
    • Maurice W. Sabelis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 427 - 440

11. Process of Egg Formation in the Female Body Cavity and Fertilization in Male Eggs of Phytoseiulus Persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

    • Shingo Toyoshima
    • Masaru Nakamura
    • Hiroshi Amano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 441 - 451

12. Spider-Mite Problems and Control in Taiwan

    • Chyi-Chen Ho

    OriginalPaper Pages: 453 - 462

13. Transgenic Arthropods for Pest Management Programs: Risks and Realities

    • Marjorie A. Hoy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 463 - 495