Occurrence of mite species in tea plantations in Turkey

摘要

Tea (Camellia sinensis L.) is grown in the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey where 547,000 tonnes are produced from 76,700 ha. It is the most important source of income for 200,000 families (Anonymous, 2003). Mites are serious pests of tea world-wide. They damage the green tissues of leaves and cause yield reduction. Species belonging to the Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae, Tarsonemidae and Eriophyidae families cause economically important damage to tea in different parts of the world (Banerjee & Cranham, 1985; ChannaBasavanna, 1996).