| Mesostigmatic (Acari: Mesostigmata) fauna in saline soils of pistachio orchards in Kerman, Iran |
| Paper ID : 1093-IPCA5 (R2) |
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Parisa Moosanejad, Mehdi Sarcheshme pour, Mahdiyeh Asadi * Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran |
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| Mesostigmatic (Acari: Mesostigmata) fauna in saline soils of pistachio orchards in Kerman, Iran Parisa Moosanejad1, Mehdi Sarcheshmehpour1, Mahdieh Asadi2 1. Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran, E-mails: mpari68@yahoo.com, msarcheshmeh@uk.ac.ir 2. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran; m.asadi@uk.ac.ir Corresponding author: E-mail: msarcheshmeh@uk.ac.ir Abstract Soil fauna plays an important role in soil formation and nutrient cycling, so identifying species and their populations in the soil and determining their habitat conditions is of great importance. The soil in pistachio orchards is salty and has a stony loam texture. These types of soils are drier in the fall and winter due to longer irrigation intervals (45 days). There is not much information about the soil mite fauna of pistachio orchards. This study, conducted between 2018 and 2019, aimed to investigate the mesostigmatic fauna of soils in pistachio gardens of Kerman province, Iran. A total of 23 samples were collected from canopy of pistachio trees. Samples were collected from three soil depths over four seasons with three replications transferred to the laboratory. The mites were extracted using Berlese-Tullgren funnels, cleared in lactic acid, mounted in Hoyer’s medium and identified. The findings highlight the pretense of active mites in this kind of soils. Five families had the highest number of mites in pistachio orchards in Kerman province as follows: Ascidae (Arctoseius cetratus); Laelapidae (Gaeolaelaps nolli and G. aculeifer, G. queenslandica, G. kargi, Androlaelaps shealsi, Hypoaspiella sclerotarsus, H. lubrica, Euandrolaelaps karawaiewi); Parasitidae (Parasitus hyalinus); Digamasellidae and Rhodacaridae (Digamesellus sp. and Rhodacarus sp.). The Laelapidae family and the species G. aculeifer formed the most abundant inhabitants of the Kerman saline soil mite. Key words: Soil fauna, saline soils, planting season, Mesostigmata, pistachio. |
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| Key words: Soil fauna, saline soils, planting season, Mesostigmata, pistachio. |
| Status: Abstract Accepted |
