| population growth and characterization of plant injuries of steneotarsonemus spinki smiley (acari: tarsonemidae) on rice. | rice is attacked by steneotarsonemus spinki smiley, a mite that has dispersed throughout many countries causing important loss on rice production. rice plants of the variety morelos a-92 were infested with s. spinki, and its population growth was estimated along plant development. further, the morphological and histological injuries associated to the mite attack were characterized. the highest infestation level was obtained 13 weeks after plant infestation, with an average of 58.5 mites per plan ... | 2015 | 26013275 |