Mite species on stone fruit trees in Ordu province

This study was conducted in Alt？nordu, Akku？, ünye, Fatsa, Ulubey, Kumru, Per？embe, Gülyal？, Kabadüz, ？ayba？？ and ？kizce districts of Ordu province during two vegetation periods between 2016-2017. In the research, mite species on stone fruit trees were invesitigated. The samplings were carried out on 5 different fruit species; plum (Prunus domestica L.), cherry (Prunus avium L.), sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.), peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) (Rosaceae) and cranberry [Cornus mas L. (Cornaceae)]. During the study, a total of 474 samples were collected from 176 villages. Surveys were carried out monthly between May and November months of each year. During the study, 36 species belonging to11 families from 3 orders were identified. Among them, Tetranychidae and Phytoseiidae were the most common families. While Tetranychus urticae (Koch) and Amphytetranychus viennensis (Zacher) (Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae) were the most detected tetranychid mite species, Transeius wainsteini (Gomelauri) and Phytoseiulus finitimus (Ribaga) (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) were the most dominant phytoseiid mite species on stone fruit trees in the region