STUDIES OF ORGANIC/INORGANIC FERTILIZERS ON POLYPHAGOTARSONEMUS LATUS (BANKS) (ACARI: TARSONEMIDAE) AND ITS INCIDENCE ON PHYTOCHEMICALS: A REVIEW

Monika, Rachna Gulati, Sonika E-Mail Id: monika.jangra81@gmail.com Department of Zoology, Choudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana (India) AbstractThe yellow mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) (Acari: Tarsonemidae), is one of the most serious pests with high polyphagous feeding behavior reported to infest more than 100 different plant species of several greenhouse crops including chilli, jute, ornamental plants and its damage can adversely affect plant morphology and physiology (Grinberg et al., 2005). Their attack is mostly confined to new growth resulting in curling of leaf margins, necrosis of growing points and growth inhibition, which arrests the internodes length and produces suppressed side branches resulting in significant economic losses due to huge yield loss (Karmakar and Mazumdar, 2010). Understanding the availability of resources and effect of organic and inorganic amendments in soil on P. latus population. Documentation of the population abundance, spatial distribution of this pest in chilli and selection of newer management practices would open up new scope for farmers to combat yellow mites in chilli cultivation. Keeping the above facts into consideration effort has been made to review the available literature.