Pistachio gall mite (Eroiphyes pistaciae)

Scabies is the deformity of plant organs due to pest feeding, pistachio shell and this type of mite causes severe deformation of leaves, spikes and even tree branches and reduces yields.

 

Pistachio mite pests

 

Morphology

 

Ticks of the Eroiphidae family generally have very small limbs of 100 to 200 microns with a soft, worm-shaped body, ring-shaped and slender at the end, and have two pairs of short legs at the front end of the body. These mites are yellow to light brown in color, without eyes, without visible respiratory system, with a short snout along the longitudinal axis of the body, the snout of this species is suitable for piercing its host tissue.

 

Eroiphidae

Pistachio mite Eroiphidae

 

 

Common pistachio mite (Tenuipalpus granati)

 

Babies of these mites feed on the tail of clusters and petioles, causing blackening and shedding of some fruits, and if their population increases, they also cause shedding of leaves.

 

Tenuipalpidae

Tenuipalpidae

Morphology

 

Members of the family Tenuipalpidae are generally small, 2 to 3 mm long with a flat, pear-shaped, soft body, red, green, and yellowish green. This species has relatively short legs.

 

Damage:

 

This family of mites are similar to tartar mites and feed on the sap of the leaves of host plants. These mites are called false spider mites because they do not have a web.

 

Fight against pistachio mites

 

To fight against Galza mites when more than half of the flowers of pistachio material are open, and for ordinary pistachio mites in August and September, you can spray with one of the following:

 

Sulfur and tablet in the ratio of 2 to 3 per thousand

Neurons at a ratio of 2 per thousand

Biofertilizer foliar application 10 per thousand