The aims of this study were to develop a detailed record of the tetranychid mites of Kenya and Tanzania, to assess the diversity of tetranychid mites in the east African biodiversity hotspots and to determine female characters that can be used to identify the species of the economically important Tetranychus species found in these countries. The genetic diversity of the most abundant Tetranychus species (Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard) was also assessed. The Tetranychidae (Acari) contain some of the most important pest species of phytophagous mites worldwide. Out of the almost 1,300 species in this family, 256 species are known to occur in Africa. Before this study, ten species had been reported from Kenya and only three in Tanzania. The genus Tetranychus to which most of the pest species belongs to, can only be identified to species level by the use of the male aedeagus that is often difficult to visualize. The natural habitat, the Eastern Arc Mountains and East African Coastal Forests in Kenya and Tanzania is recognized as biodiversity hotspots but prior to his study, information on Tetranychidae in these hotspots was lacking. Thus, no information on the natural mite fauna composition was available. In Kenya, 18 tetranychid mite species from various plant hosts have been recorded. Four of these species belong to the subfamily Bryobiinae and the other 14 to the subfamily Tetranychinae. Eight of the mite species identified belong to the genera Bryobia, Petrobia, Peltanobia, Paraplonobia, Duplanychus, Eutetranychus and Mixonychus and are being reported for the first time in Kenya while the other ten had already been reported before. For Tanzania, six species belonging to the genera Tetranychus, Eutetranychus and Mixonychus are being reported for the first time from Tanzania and other three had been reported before. A list of these species, their brief descriptions as well as a key for identification is provided. A redescription of Peltanobia erasmusi including previously undescribed male characters is given. Schizotetranychus kwalensis sp. nov. from Kenya and Brevinychus meshacki from Tanzania were collected on Omorcarpum kirkii (Fabaceae) from Matuga, Kwale district, Kenya and Philonoptera eriocalyx (Fabaceae) from Sangasanga, Mvomero district, Tanzania respectively and described. Revised keys of Brevinychus and of the African species of Schizotetranychus are also provided. Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard ranked highest in abundance amongst all the tetranychid mites collected. It was found in four out of five fragments of the hotspot, and it survives in a wide range of altitudes from as low as 123 m to 1655 m. Molecular examination of T. evansi collected from Kenya and Tanzania and on different host plants revealed an identical DNA sequence of the mitochondrial COI fragment and 19 identical microsatellite alleles suggesting a single introduction of this species to this part of East Africa. Female characters of four Tetranychus species found in Kenya were explored using the scanning electron microscope. Differences in the distances between the duplex setae of species belonging to the desertorum group (Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard and Tetranychus ludeni Zacher) and those grouped by Flechtmann and Knihinicki (2002) under group 9 (Tetranychus neocaledonicus Andre and Tetranychus urticae Koch) were observed. The dorsal striae of T. evansi, T. neocaledonicus and T. urticae have semicircular lobes whereas those on the dorsal striae of T. ludeni are triangular. / Thesis (PhD (Environmental Sciences))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.

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Aim of thesis was to create an electronic version of an information database and the e-learning system, focusing on predatory insects and mites. The e-learning system provides information about the main types of predatory insects and mites used in biological plant protection, including the types of naturally occurring entomofauna and acarifauna agroecosystems in the Czech Republic. The system contains information about the taxonomy, morphology, development cycles, prey, methods of control, etc. Thesis is a combination of text, tables, photographs and line drawings from professional publications. The various components of the system are interconnected through hyperlinks. The system includes information on the ecotoxicology, dictionary terms and the ability to search based on various criteria. In the photo gallery you can find together 310 images, which are intended to create a picture of the morphology, development cycles and behavior of individual organisms.

Submitted by Deyse Queiroz (deysequeirozz@hotmail.com) on 2018-05-18T13:02:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 FRANCISCA AMANDA ABREU MARTINS - DISSERTAÇÃO PPGHT 2016.pdf: 1114179 bytes, checksum: 1804a3728b4b1b900e48cfd4d2008a1d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-18T13:02:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FRANCISCA AMANDA ABREU MARTINS - DISSERTAÇÃO PPGHT 2016.pdf: 1114179 bytes, checksum: 1804a3728b4b1b900e48cfd4d2008a1d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-29 / O ácaro rajado, Tetranychus urticae Koch, é considerado uma das principais pragas de frutíferas no Brasil, dentre elas, a cultura do Carica papaya tem sido intensamente danificada por esse artrópode. Na produção de mamão são inúmeros os desafios para o controle desta praga. Este trabalho foi elaborado visando contribuir para o fomento de programas de manejo de T. urticae na cultura do mamão, com seguintes objetivos: a) prospectar isolamentos de insetos moribundos linhagens fúngicas de Beauveria bassiana, visando seu uso no controle do T. urticae; b) avaliar a eficiência na mortalidade do T. urticae nos estágios de ovo, larva e protoninfa, in vitro,quando contaminados com fenpropatrina (0,5 g/L), abamectina (0,6 g/L), Milbemectina (0,3 g/L), calda Sulfocálcica (7,0 g/L), três isolados de B. bassiana e a testemunha água destilada. Na 1ª etapa do trabalho obteve-se 10 linhagens de B. bassiana, reisolados de insetos moribundos encontrados no alto sertão Paraibano, que estão mantidos em meios de cultura na UFCG. Destes, três (P21CZ, P22CZ e P29CZ), analisando-se os resultados obtidos in vitro, pode-se imputar como os que apresentaram maior potencial de germinação para utilização de bioenaios in vitro, tendo em vista o controle de T. urticae, e foram enviados ao Laboratório de Seletividade de Produtos Químicos, UFERSA. Na 2ª etapa do trabalho, para se iniciar os bioensaios foram transferidas fêmeas fertilizadas de T. urticae para discos de folhas de Canavallia ensiformis. Quando os ácaros atingiram, em cada bioensaio, o estágio desejado, de ovo, larva ou protoninfa, iniciava-se o bioensaio. Cada disco foi pulverizado contaminado com os tratamentos por meio de pulverizador pressurizado manualmente, em seguida deixados por um período de 1 hora para a secagem, eliminando o excesso dos resíduos. Logo após a secagem foram transferidos para câmaras climatizadas tipo BOD, onde permaneceram em condições controladas à temperatura de 25 ± 1 ºC, fotofase de 12 horas e umidade relativa de 60 ± 10%, para obtenção dos dados biológicos. Os parâmetros biológicos avaliados foram: duração e mortalidade de ovos, larvas, protoninfas e deutoninfas. Os resultados dos três bioensaios foram submetidos à análise de variância e as médias comparadas pelo teste de Tukey a 5% de probabilidade. Apesar da fase contaminada nos três bioensaios não ter sido afetada, houve mortalidade acumulada nas fases subsequentes. O inseticida fenpropatrina ocasionou 100% de mortalidade nos bioensaios com o estágio de ovo e larva. Os acaricidas químicos fenpropatrina, milbemectina e abamectina foram mais eficientes nos três bioensaios, com valores médios de taxa de mortalidade semelhantes. Para as larvas diretamente tratada o abamectina, ocasionou maior tempo de duração contato das larvas. O isolado B. bassiana P22CZ, na concentração (2,5 x 106 ), apresentou maior taxa de mortalidade 63,8%. Observou-se, uma relação positiva entre o aumento do tempo da exposição dos ácaros às concentrações do isolado P29CZ e a maior concentração aplicada. As porcentagens de mortalidade acumulada pela calda sulfocálcica nos três bioensaios, ovo, larva e protoninfa foram baixas, com valores respectivos de 8,8%, 7,5% e 25%. / The spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, is considered one of the main pests of fruit in Brazil, among them, the Carica papaya culture has been heavily damaged by this arthropod. In papaya production are numerous challenges to the control of this pest. This work was prepared to contribute to the development of T. urticae management programs in papaya crop, with the following objectives: a) insulations prospect of dying insects fungal strains of Beauveria bassiana, aiming its use in the control of T. urticae; b) evaluate the efficiency in mortality of T. urticae in the egg, larva and protonymph in vitro when contaminated with fenpropathrin (0.5 g / L), abamectin (0.6 g / L), Milbemectin (0, 3 g / L), lime sulfur (7.0 g / L), three isolates of B. bassiana and distilled water control. In the 1st stage of the work was obtained 10 strains of B. bassiana, reisolated of dying insects found in high backlands of Paraiba, which are kept in culture media in UFCG. Of these, three (P21CZ, P22CZ and P29CZ), analyzing the results obtained in vitro, can be attributed to those with the highest germination potential for use in vitro bioenaios, in view of the control of T. urticae, and They were sent to the Selectivity of Laboratory Chemicals, UFERSA. In the 2nd stage of the work, to start bioassays fertilized females of T. urticae for sheet Canavallia ensiformis discs were transferred. When the mites reached in each bioassay, the desired stage, egg, larva or protonymph prefaced the bioassay. Each disc was sprayed with the treatments contaminated by manually pressurized spray then left for a period of 1 hour for drying, removing excess waste. Soon after drying were transferred to air-conditioned BOD chambers, where they were kept under controlled temperature conditions of 25 ± 1 ° C, photoperiod 12 hours and relative humidity of 60 ± 10%, to obtain biological data. The parameters evaluated were: duration and mortality of eggs, larvae, and protonymphs deutonymphs. The results of the three bioassays were subjected to analysis of variance and the means compared by Tukey test at 5% probability. Although the contaminated phase in the three bioassays have not been affected, there was cumulative mortality in the subsequent phases. The fenpropathrin insecticide caused 100% mortality in bioassays with egg and larva stage. The fenpropathrin chemical acaricides, milbemectin and abamectin were more efficient in all three bioassays with average values similar mortality. For directly treated larvae the abamectin, caused longer-term contact of the larvae. The isolated B. bassiana P22CZ, the concentration (2.5 x 106), had the highest mortality rate 63.8%. We observed a positive relation between increased exposure time of the mites to concentrations of isolated P29CZ and the highest concentration applied. The percentage of cumulative mortality by lime sulfur in the three bioassays, egg, larva and protonymph were low, with values of 8.8%, 7.5% and 25%.

Les effets anti-allergiques des bactéries lactiques sont suggérés par plusieurs études épidémiologiques, des essais cliniques et des modèles expérimentaux d’allergie. Cependant, les propriétés immunomodulatrices des bactéries lactiques sont sous-exploitées par les stratégies vaccinales développées pour combattre l’allergie et les mécanismes empruntés par ces bactéries pour moduler l’allergie restent peu caractérisés.<p>Dès lors, nous avons caractérisé les propriétés immunomodulatrices qu’exerce Lactobacillus plantarum NCIMB8826, une bactérie lactique modèle, sur la cellule dendritique étant donné le rôle déterminant de cette cellule sur la réponse allergique. Nous montrons que L. plantarum induit une forte sécrétion d’IL-12 p40, d’IL-12 p70, de TNF-a mais une faible production d’IL-10. Cette faculté à induire la sécrétion de cytokines polarisantes dépend de TLR2, de TLR9, de MyD88, de NF-kB, des MAPKs (en particulier JNK, p38 et ERK 1/2), de la composition de l’acide lipotéichoïque de L. plantarum et de CD14. Nous montrons aussi que l’ADN génomique de L. plantarum est un agoniste de TLR9 et que CD14 et CD36 facilitent la liaison de la cellule dendritique avec L. plantarum.<p>Ensuite, nous avons évalué le potentiel vaccinal d’une coadministration L. plantarum + Der p 1 dans un modèle murin d’allergie à Der p 1. Cette formulation vaccinale prévient la production d’IgE Der p 1-spécifique et atténue l’éosinophilie pulmonaire tout en stimulant une forte production d’anticorps IgG2a Der p 1-spécifiques et d’IFN-g par les cellules spléniques. Ces effets bénéfiques nous ont conduit à élaborer une bactérie lactique recombinante dérivée de L. plantarum produisant Der p 1 pour la vaccination contre l’allergie aux acariens. La forme antigénique que nous avons réussi à faire produire par L. plantarum correspond à une protéine de fusion entre la Maltose Binding Protein de E. coli et ProDer p 1 (le zymogène de Der p 1), la présence de ce partenaire de fusion étant indispensable à la production de ProDer p 1. En prophylaxie, la vaccination par cette bactérie recombinante prévient la production d’anticorps IgE-Der p 1-spécifiques et stimule la production d’anticorps IgG2a spécifiques, reproduisant les effets de la coadministration L. plantarum + Der p 1. Elle réduit de manière drastique la production d’IL-5 des cellules spléniques et des cellules ganglionnaires médiastinales et prévient l’éosinophilie pulmonaire mais n’a pas d’effet sur l’hyperréactivité bronchique. Der p 1 étant un des allergènes d’acarien les plus immunodominants, cet ensemble de données montre donc que cette bactérie recombinante constitue un vaccin prophylactique prometteur pour la prévention de l’allergie aux acariens. Des résultats préliminaires obtenus à partir de cellules dendritiques humaines et lymphocytes T autologues montrent la forte capacité de cette bactérie recombinante à induire le développement d’une réponse Th1 fortement polarisée (production d’IFN-g en l’absence de production d’IL-4 et d’IL-5), ce qui suggère que l’utilisation de cette bactérie recombinante pourrait être envisagée pour le traitement de l’allergie chez l’homme. <p> / Doctorat en Sciences agronomiques et ingénierie biologique / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

The indirect victim's experience of suicide and the victimisation resulting from the incident was studied. The Indirect Victim's Experience Model of a Suicide Incident (see Figure 2.1) was designed as a theoretical framework to direct the research findings and for the interpretation of data. A qualitative exploratory approach was used and a group of 20 respondents was selected by means of purposive and snowball sampling methods. All the respondents were interviewed personally. The interpretation and analysis of the data showed that the assumptions based on Janoff-Bulman and Frieze's theory and certain societal myths regarding suicide still exist. These assumptions and myths could subconsciously have an influence on the nature and extent of the victimisation experienced by the next of kin. The respondents themselves accepted these assumptions and myths. Research findings further showed that these assumptions are affected upon receiving the news of the suicide, while myths are destroyed. This could have an influence on the victim's experience of suicide. Every indirect victim functions before, during and after the suicide incident within a specific family and social system. The way in which the indirect victim experiences the support and integration from within the family and social system, determines the acceptance or non-acceptance of the death by suicide of a significant other. This will also have an influence on the indirect victim's reintegration into society in the short and long term. The need of the indirect victim to be involved within a family and society was clearly identified during the study. These findings made it possible to make practical recommendations with regard to the indirect victim's experience of suicide. Society should be informed about the realities and results of suicide. In addition, these findings highlighted further areas for research. / Thesis (MA (Criminology))--University of Pretoria, 2004. / Social Work and Criminology / unrestricted

O Sistema de Análise de Perigos e Pontos Críticos de Controle (APPCC) ou Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) é de grande importância para a Saúde Pública, quanto às doenças veiculadas por alimentos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi verificar a aplicabilidade do uso desse sistema na indústria de moagem de trigo, no processamento de farinha de trigo integral, produto com demanda crescente no mercado. Trinta produções de farinha foram coletadas numa indústria cuja capacidade de moagem é de 15ton./h na cidade de São Paulo. A população amostrada foi de 30 sub-amostras de trigo argentino (A) (12,8% de umidade média), 17 sub-amostras de trigo brasileiro (B) (13,1% de umidade média), 30 sub-amostras de trigo preparado para moagem (M) (15,6% de umidade média) e 30 sub-amostras de farinha de trigo integral (FTI), coletadas num período de 5 meses (de outubro de 97 à março de 98). A metodologia utilizada para pesquisa de sujidades leves foi a adotada pelos Métodos Oficiais da AOAC (1995). Houve modificações no método e um estudo foi realizado para conhecer sua performance. No isolamento de fungos foi utilizada a metodologia empregada pela AOAC/FDA Bacteriological Analytical manual (1992). Para identificação de fungos em relação ao gênero foi utilizado o método preconizado GELLI et al.(1990), SAMSON et al (1995), PITT and HOCKING (1997). Na análise de sujidades leves nos trigos foi evidenciada a contaminação por ácaros (A=90%, B=53%, M=77% e FTI=53%); no trigo argentino houve uma predominância para a família Tarsonemidae, enquanto que na respectiva farinha foi a família Acaridae. Alguns ácaros dessa última família estão implicados em reações alérgicas e estão sendo tratados como emergentes na segurança alimentar. Os insetos thisanópteros, os mais freqüentes nos trigos, foram eliminados na farinha de trigo integral. O percentual médio de contaminação fúngica dos grãos foi de A=99%, B=95% e M=94%. O principal gênero encontrado foi Aspergillus spp (A= 79,0%, B= 39,3% e M= 64,2%). O menos freqüente Fusarium spp (A= 2,9%, B= 2,7% e M=1,5%). Na farinha de trigo integral o principal gênero encontrado foi o Penicillium spp e o Fusarium não foi isolado. O desoxinivalenol foi encontrado em uma amostra de farinha de trigo integral a uma concentração de 231 ng/g. O sistema APPCC se aplica aos moinhos e os auxilia a controlar suas produções do ponto de vista da segurança alimentar. / Food safety is a major concern facing the food industry today. Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) provides a structured approach to the assurance of safety of products. The aim of this study was to verify the use of HACCP system in a milling industry, precisely in the whole wheat flour production. At first step two hazards were analyzed: deoxynivalenol and allergenic mites in whole wheat flour Thirty (30) lots of flour were collected in an industry which capacity was 15 ton./h in São Paulo city. Those lots had 30 sub-samples of argentine (A) wheat (12,8% average moisture content), 17 sub-samples of brazilian (B) wheat (13,1% m.c.), 30 sub-samples of wheat for milling (M) (15,6% m.c), and 30 sub-samples of whole wheat flour (FTI) that were analyzed in a five months period (from 97/october to 98/march). Light filth was isolated from grains and flour, according to Official Methods of AOAC International. Methodology of extraction of light filth from whole wheat flour was studied to know the repeatability according to AOAC methods. Fungi isolation was performed according to AOAC/FDA Bacteriological Analytical Manual (1992) methodology; genera were identified according GELLI et al.(1990), SAMSON et al (1995), and PITI and HOCKING (1997). Detection and quantification of deoxynivalenol (DON) were done by thin layer chromatography (TLC) according to SABINO et al. (1989).The most significant light filth contamination in wheat were mites (A= 90%, B= 53%, M= 77% e FTI= 57%), argentine wheat had as a predominant mite the family Tarsonemidae and flour had Acaridae. The average fungal contamination in grains was 99%, 95% e 94% in argentine, brazilian and wheat for milling respectively. The predominant genera was Aspergillus spp ( A= 79,0, B=39,3% e M= 64,2 %), and Fusarium was the least frequent in wheat (A>/b>=2,7%, B= 2,8% e M=1,5%). Only one lot of whole wheat flour was contaminated by DON at level 231 ng/g. This study showed that HACCP system is appropriated for control hazards in milling industry. However, DON should be controlled before wheat get into industry, and this control need to be registered. Mites are new emergentes to cause allergy by ingestion and have to be controlled by GMP procedures.

Dentre os perigos relacionados com a produção de café verde, a ocratoxina A (OTA) é considerada significativa nesse produto. Com o objetivo de estudar a origem da OTA no processamento de café verde e avaliar os possíveis fatores de risco (região, etapas do processamento, fungos, insetos e ácaros) que poderiam contribuir na presença de OTA, foram amostradas três fazendas nos seguintes municípios: Bom Jardim (RJ), Espírito Santo do Pinhal (SP) e Cornélio Procópio (PR), onde havia a produção de café verde pela via seca e úmida. Foram coletadas 109 amostras de grãos de café, em diversas etapas do processamento, no período de maio a agosto de 2002. As amostras foram colhidas de acordo com fluxograma estabelecido e as etapas estudadas foram: cereja (campo), via seca, via úmida, armazém e café de varrição. Dessas amostras, 10 apresentaram OTA, que variou na sua quantificação de 3 a 101 ng.g-1. A maior prevalência de OTA foi a do café de varrição 57%, a via úmida apresentou uma prevalência de 10,3% e a via seca 7%. Na etapa cereja o fungo potencialmente toxigênico mais encontrado foi Penicillium spp, e quanto aos insetos, as larvas de Diptera e os Homoptera; na via úmida foram encontradas linhagens do Aspergillus seção Nigri e Circundatti e Penicillium spp, a infestação predominante foi a broca do café e os ácaros da família Acaridae; na etapa via seca registrou-se o isolamento de fungos do gênero Penicillium spp e Aspergillus seção Nigri , a broca do café foi a infestação predominante junto com os ácaros da família Acaridae, na etapa de armazém foram isolados Penicillium spp e Aspergillus seção Nigri, o inseto predominante foi a broca do café e os ácaros da família Acaridae; no café de varrição foram isolados Penicillium spp e Aspergillus seção Nigri e a broca do café estava presente junto com insetos da Ordem Diptera. Os resultados de cada etapa foram comparados por Análise de Variância em um nível de significância de 95%. Na análise de fatores de risco o café de varrição foi o mais significativo (p< 0,001). / The ochratoxin A (OTA) is considered to be among the most significant coffee contaminants with related hazards. With the purpose to study the origin of the OTA in the processing of green coffee and to evaluate the possible risk factors (region, step of processing, fungi, insects and mites) that could contribute in the OTA presence, had been selected three regions (states) of Brazil: Bom Jardim/RJ, Espírito Santo do Pinhal/SP and Cornélio Procópio/PR. A total of 109 samples of coffee beans were collected in conformity with flow chart established at different stages of ripening and processing: cherry (field), dry method, wet method, and warehouse and varrição coffee, from May to August of 2002. Of these samples 10 had presented OTA, which varied in its quantification from 3 to 101 ng.g-1. The biggest prevalence of OTA was the varrição coffee 57%, the wet method presented a prevalence of 10,3% and dry way 7%. In the stage cherry fungi potentially toxigenic was more found Penicillium spp, the insects had been the larvae of Diptera and the Homoptera; in the wet way it was found Aspergillus section Nigri and Circundatti and Penicillium spp, the predominant infestation was the coffee berry borer and the mite of the Acaridae family; in the stage wet methods spp was registered the isolation the Penicillium spp and Aspergillus section Nigri, the predominant infestation was the coffee berry borer together with the mites of the Acaridae family; in the stage of warehouse had been isolated Penicillium spp and Aspergillus section Nigri, and the predominant insect was the coffee berry borer and mites of the family Acaridae; in the varrição coffee had been isolated Penicillium spp and Aspergillus section Nigri the coffee berry borer was the most present insects together of Diptera. The results of each step had been with compared by Analysis of Variance. In the analysis of risk factors the varrição coffee\" was the factor most strongly related to the risk of the presence of OTA (p<0,001 ).

Eriophyoid big bud mites are key pests of hazelnuts throughout the world, although little is known of the identity and impact of the species on New Zealand hazelnut crops. The key objectives of this study were to determine the species of mite present on New Zealand crops, explore a method of monitoring mite emergence from overwintering big buds, determine the phenology of mites in relation to tree phenology and weather, and identify the optimum timing for control measures. The presence of both Phytoptus avellanae (Nalepa 1889) (Acari: Phytoptidae) and Cecidophyopsis vermiformis (Nalepa 1889) (Acari: Eriophyidae) was confirmed, the latter species being a new record for New Zealand. Preliminary diagnostic DNA sequences were determined for both species. A sticky band technique was developed to monitor mite emergence from overwintering big buds, and mite emergence was found to occur between early and late spring. Mite emergence and movement occurred when daily temperatures were greater than 15 degrees C and when mean temperatures were greater than 9 degrees C, with mite emergence increasing with temperature. It proved difficult to relate the phenology of hazelnut to mite emergence, however, the development of new buds during mite emergence was a crucial factor in the infestation of new buds. An accumulated heat sum model (DD), started at Julian date 152 and using a lower threshold temperature of 6 degrees C, predicted the onset of emergence on two cultivars and at two sites as occurring at approximately 172 DD. A regression model based on leaf number, bud height, bud width, DD and Julian date provided a more satisfactory prediction of percent accumulated mite emergence. It is recommended both peak mite emergence and the appearance of hazelnut buds should be used to optimise the time to apply control measures. Therefore, a control should be applied before buds measure 0.5 x 0.5 mm (width x height), are enclosed within the axil, and have a rounded tip, or, when 50% accumulated mite emergence has occurred, which ever occurs first. A preliminary field experiment tested the application of sulphur (40 g/10 litres of 800 g/kg No Fungus Super Sulphur) at 2, 50 and 80% accumulated mite emergence. The greatest reduction in mite numbers was achieved with an application at approximately 50% emergence. Considerable variation in mite emergence occurred between years, therefore optimum timing of controls would need to be determined by monitoring mites, new buds and weather conditions each year. Field collection of mites also identified the presence of Typhlodromus doreenae Schicha (Acari: Phytoseiidae) which would warrant further study for inclusion in an integrated mite control programme.

Les Massifs cristallins externes (M.C.E) des Alpes occidentales sont des témoins de l' orogène hercynien s.1., repris dans la chaine alpine. Leur place et \ leur signification dans le cadre varisque sont mal cernées. Cette méconnaissance résulte essentiellement de la rareté des données pétrologiques, géochimiques et géochronologiques disponibles. L'étude concerne la chaîne de Belledonne et plus spécialement son extré mité méridionale. Ce secteur Sud-Ouest présente en effet une lithologie et une structuration atypiques par rapport à celles du secteur Nord-Est dont les caractères sont proches . de ceux de l'ensemble des M.C.E . L'analyse peut être schématisée par les étapes suivantes: - Le domaine méridional (basse vallée de la Romanche) est constitué par un empilement de formations différant par leur âge et par leur histoire tectonométamorphique. Des datations soulignent (i) la juxtaposition de terrains cambro-ordoviciens et dévono-carbonifères et(ii) l'âge carbonifère inférieur de la tectogenèse . Deux formations d'origine ignée permettent de caractériser le paléomagnétisme paléozoïque et d'en préciser le site originel: * A la limite Cambro-Ordovicien, une distension crustale conduit à l'ouverture d'un bassin marginal (complexe ophiolitique de Séchilienne-Chamrousse). L'extension crustale est balisée par l'évolution géochimique des métabasites. Ce site originel particulier induit divers processus pétrogénétiques qui se traduisent par la dive rsité des produits basiques et acides. Les déformations et les recristallisations a ppartiennent à deux stades, intra-océanique et orogénique. Une évolution polycyclique est de ce fait écartée. * Au Dévonien, une seconde période d'amincissement crustal conduit à la genèse des formations de Rioupéroux et de Livet. Elle se matérialise par un magmatisme de nature bimodale puis - trondhjémitique. La pétrogenèse est complexe et implique des sources mantelliques et crustales ainsi que des phénomènes de contamination et de mélanges. 2 - Dans l'ensemble de la chaîne de Belledone, une comparaison des domaines Nord-Est et Sud-Ouest montre que le domaine septentrional représente un fragment lithosphérique à structuration plus ancienne siluro-dévonienne, et à caractères de zone profonde (métamorphisme de haute pression siluro-dévonien, anatexie dévonienne et granitisations carbonifères). Le dernier épisode métamorphique, carbonifère, y est rétromorphique et associé au fonctionnement d'une zone de décrochements majeurs, alors que le métamorphisme de même âge est prograde et contemporain de chevauchements dans le domaine méridional. La structure de la chaîne de Belledone est interprétée dans le cadre des serrages tardifs lors de la collision intracontinentale. On souligne la progression centrifuge des phénomènes tectoniques et métamorphiques et l'extension de la ceinture orogénique. 3 - Des corrélations sont proposées avec d'autres segments de la chaîne hercynienne ouest-européenne afin (i) de replacer les diverses pieces du "puzzle" de Belledonne' dans la zonation orogénique pré-carboni fère et (ii) de retrouver les secteurs présentant une évolution similaire au Dinantien.