ERIOPHYID MITES ACERIA TRISTRIATA (NALEPA, 1890) AND ACERIA ERINEA (NALEPA, 1891) ON WALNUT IN KHARKIV REGION
Keywords:
Juglans regia, leaf blister mite, erineum mite, biology, harmfulness, yield
Abstract
Walnut (Juglans regia L.) is a strategically important fruit crop with a wide spectrum of uses. During the cultivation of this plant, producers are faced with pests that can reduce the marketability, quality and quantity of the nut harvest. In Ukraine, the most common among phytophagous animals in the last five years are eriophyid mites (Eriophyidae), which became the object of this study. Commonly accepted methods for monitoring phytophagous were used, and original scales were developed to determine the damaging of walnut leaves by leaf blister mite and erineum mite. Correlations were established between the level of colonization of trees of different ages and the decrease in the mass of nuts. The phenology and biological features of these species have been clarified. A high level of colonization of J. regia L. trees by the leaf blister mite was recorded, indicating an outbreak of mass reproduction of this species during the years of research. It was found that the walnut colonization of A. tristriata in 2022–2024 was 28.4–59.0% of leaves (0.5–1.84 points), and A. erinea – 16.8–25.3% (0.22–0.67 points). Mites inhabited the trees to the same extent regardless of their age. It has been proven that the weight of nuts in the shell decreases depending on the level of plant damage by eriophyid mites. A significant decrease in fruit weight was observed with damage to the leaves of the crop at the level of 41–60% and more. In addition to direct crop losses, eriophyid mites caused a decrease in plant decorativeness and premature defoliation, especially in 2024 under dry weather conditions. Tasting analysis of shelled nuts showed better taste properties in fruits picked from damaged trees by more than 40%, but these data need further clarification. It is important to establish quantitative and qualitative indicators of nutrients in walnut fruits with varying degrees of mite damage, but this requires a special laboratory study, which is planned in further work.
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32. Wurlitzer, W. B., Labudda, M., Silveira, J. A. G., Matthes, R. D., Schneider, J. R. & Ferla, N. J. (2024). From signaling to stress: How does plant redox homeostasis behave under phytophagous mite infestation? International Journal of Plant Biology, 15, 561–585. doi: 10.3390/ijpb15030043.
33. Zaitseva, I. A., & Lazariev, O. S. (2022). Shkodochynnist invazyvnykh vydiv halovykh klishchiv (Acariformes: Eriophyidae) ‒ filofahiv Juglans regia L. v urbotsenozakh m. Dnipro [Harmfulness of invasive species of gall mites (Acariformes: Eriophyidae) – phyllophages Juglans regia L. in urbocenoses of Dnipro]. Naukovi dopovidi NUBIP Ukrainy, 2 (96). 10–22. (in Ukrainian).
Published
2025-03-21
How to Cite
Vasilyeva, Y. V. (2025). ERIOPHYID MITES ACERIA TRISTRIATA (NALEPA, 1890) AND ACERIA ERINEA (NALEPA, 1891) ON WALNUT IN KHARKIV REGION. Bulletin of Sumy National Agrarian University. The Series: Agronomy and Biology, 58(4), 23-29. https://doi.org/10.32782/agrobio.2024.4.4
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