Abstract: A faunistic survey of mites was conducted in many stored food product stores during research work from March 2014 to February 2017 in Punjab. A total of 3240 samples of 12 stored foods i.e. Almond, Black gram, Cheese, Dalia, Maida, Maize flour, Moong Dal, Rice, Suji, Walnut, Wheat and White gram were collected and examined for the mite fauna exploration. Thirty samples (each of 25 grams) of each stored food were collected per season, i.e. Summer i.e. CCL1 (March-June), Rainy i.e. CCL2 (July-October) and Winter i.e. CCL3 (November- February). A total of 1220 (37.65 %) samples out of 3240 samples, were mite positive. A total of 30 mite species belonging to 3 orders, 12 families and 21 genera were reported. A total of 14812 mite specimens were obtained. The mite species Acarus siro (Linnaeus, 1758) was reported in samples of 11 stored food types. A total of 207 samples (16.97 %) out of the 1220 mite positive samples were positive for Acarus siro specimens. A total of 2969 (20.04 %) specimens of Acarus siro out of the total 14812 mite specimens were obtained.
Keywords: Stored food products, Mites, Acarus siro, Infestation.
Title: A REPORT ON THE OCCURRENCE AND ABUNDANCE OF Acarus siro L. (Acari: Acaridae) FROM SOME STORED FOOD PRODUCTS IN PUNJAB (INDIA)
Author: Navpreet Kaur Gill, Parminder Singh Dehar
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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