Many of the diverse animals that consume floral rewards act as efficient pollinators;
however, others 'steal'rewards without 'paying'for them by pollinating. In contrast to the …

Predatory mites are among the natural enemies considered for the control of damaging
mites and some small insects. It is conceivable that effective control agents could be found in …

Winner of the 2005 Klinger Book Award Presented by The Society for Economic Botany.
Florida Ethnobotany provides a cross-cultural examination of how the state s native plants …

▪ Abstract Although often unobserved or ignored, mites usually exceed all other arthropods
in abundance in forest canopies. Second in species richness only to canopy insects, the …

The concept of plant venereal disease is examined from definitional, operational and
axiomatic viewpoints. The transmission of many plant pathogens occurs during the flowering …

Abstract Hamelia patens Jacq. Commonly known as “redhead”,“scarlet”, or “firebush”.
belongs to the Madder family (Rubiaceae), different parts (leaves, stem, flower, root, seeds …

1. Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ascidae) that live and feed in the flowers of about 100 plant
species are transported in the nares of hummingbirds (Trochilidae). Mites may compete with …

Hummingbird flower mites are transported in the nares of hummingbirds and may compete
with them by “robbing” nectar secreted by the host plants. We have shown that Tropicoseius …

Les acariens des oiseaux-mouches et les oiseaux-mouches floricoles sont en forte
compétition pour le nectar secrété par leurs plantes hôtes. Les auteurs présentent les …

HUMMINGBIRD FLOWER MITES ARE ASSOCIATED with almost all hummingbird-
pollinated plants in the families Amaryllidaceae, Apocynaceae, Bromeliaceae, Costaceae …