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INFLUENCE OF CERTAIN LEAF CHARACTERS OF SOME SUMMER VEGETABLES WITH INCIDENCE OF PREDATORY MITES OF THE FAMILY CUNAXIDAE MUHAMMAD AFZAL* AND MUHAMMAD HAMID BASHIR Abstract: Influence of morphological plant characters such as leaf hairiness,
length of hairs, leaf area and surface waxes of the leaves were studied
against the abundance of cunaxid mites in some summer vegetables viz.,
brinjal, tomato, pumpkin and cucumber in four different localities of
Punjab. Hairiness, hair length, leaf area and surface waxes of leaves
had negative effect on the cunaxid population. Maximum population was
recorded from brinjal (2.77) followed by tomato (2.55), pumpkin (1.1)
and cucumber (0.91) respectively.
Department of Agricultural Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-
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