Comparison of the foliar acarine in grapefruit under conventional and organic pest management programs in Texas

This study was conducted to compare the relative abundance of pestiferous mites (tetranychids and eriophyids), and predacious mites in grapefruit orchards under organic and conventional pest management programs. All leaf samples collected from grapefruit trees were processed in the laboratory. Reported here are the preliminary results obtained in this study.