Dispersal Strategies of Virus-Borne Plant Mites and Their Management
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Diversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editors
Interests: eriophyoidea; plant mites; acarology; taxonomy; ecology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As a member of the ecosystem, plants play an important role in synthesizing organic matter from inorganic substances, supporting the survival of animal consumers. Among the animals that obtain nutrients from plants, spider mites, false spider mites, eriophyoid mites, tarsonemid mites, and astigmatid mites cause significant damage to agricultural and horticultural crops. Therefore, various pest control techniques have been developed to reduce the density of these mites. These mites are expanding their distribution through various dispersal methods. Meanwhile, with the globalization of agricultural exports and imports and the increasing in the amount of imported agricultural products by air cargo, plant mites are increasingly being artificially dispersed from one country to another via agricultural and horticultural products, posing a major problem for plant quarantine. Eriophyoid mites and tarsonemid mites, in particular, are so tiny that they cannot be seen with the naked eye, making it difficult to quickly and reliably check for mites hiding in crevices or leaf sheaths in agricultural products during imports. Furthermore, some species of eriophyid mites, false spider mites, and tarsonemid mites are known to transmit plant pathogenic viruses, increasing the chances of viruses dispersing along with these mites. For this reason, checking for mite presence at waterfront locations such as ports and airports has become a major challenge in plant quarantine. To implement control measures against plant mites that cause damage to agricultural crops and the plant pathogenic viruses they transmit, it is important to prevent the movement of these mites. Therefore, basic research incorporating molecular biology techniques is crucial, including elucidating the dispersal methods of virus-transmitting plant mites, the physiological and ecological characteristics of dispersing individuals, the interrelationships between plants, viruses, and mites, and the characteristics of the viruses. This Special Issue introduces the latest research on the dispersal and management of virus-borne plant mite species, with the aim of contributing to further research of the mites and the viruses.
Dr. Fujio Kadono
Dr. Anna Skoracka
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant mites
- mite-borne virus
- dispersal
- ecology
- management
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