▪ Abstract Cassava (Manihot esculenta) occupies a uniquely important position as a food
security crop for smallholder farmers in areas of the tropics where climate, soils, or societal …

Recent advances in the mathematical theory of invasion dynamics have much to offer to
biological control. Here we synthesize several results concerning the spatiotemporal …

An overview is given of studies on diseases of mites. Knowledge of diseases of mites is still
fragmentary but in recent years more attention has been paid to acaropathogens, often …

Insect pests and plant diseases reduce cassava yields substantially, posing a threat to food
security throughout the developing world. While agricultural scientists have recognized …

This paper discusses the: cassava arthropod complex; crop damage and yield loss; major
pests (ie mites, mealybugs, whiteflies, Lepidoptera, stemborers, burrower bugs, lacebugs) …

Predicting the potential geographical distribution of a species is particularly important for
pests with strong invasive abilities. Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard, possibly native to …

The center–periphery hypothesis (CPH) states that the genetic diversity, genetic flow, and
population abundance of a species are highest at the center of the species' geographic …

We applied time series analysis and a mechanistic predator-prey model to long-term data of
monthly population counts of the herbivorous pest mite Mononychellus tanajoa and its …

La yuca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) es una de las principales fuentes de energía para
millones de personas que viven en las zonas tropical y subtropical del mundo. En los …

This is the ninth publication in a series on the taxonomy of phytoseiid mites of sub-Saharan
Africa. Sixty-five phytoseiid species of the tribe Typhlodromini Wainstein, all of which are in …