Abstract
A study of several populations of the cassava green mites from eleven African countries representing wide ranging ecological zones were studied using a Principal Component Analysis. This study revealed that there is only one species of the Mononychellus present on cassava in Africa and is here designated M. tanajoa.
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Une etude de plusier populations des acariens vertes du manioc de onze pays africains représentant une zone écologique variée a été faite en utilisant l’analyse de la composante principale. Cette etude a démontré qu’il a qu’une seule espèce de mites du genus Mononychellus présente sur le manioc en Afrique et cette espèce est appellee Mononychellus tanajoa.
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Rogo, L.M., Oloo, W., Nokoe, S. et al. A Study of the Mononychellus (Acari: Tetranychidae) Species Complex from Selected Cassava Growing Areas of Africa Using Principal Component Analysis. Int J Trop Insect Sci 9, 593–599 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400005063
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