Mites in ASEAN countries
Cambodia
Lao PDR
Myanmar
Thailand
Vietnam
Brunei
East Timor
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
About this website
This website is initially the result of three projects funded through The Sanitary and Phytosanitary Capacity Building Program (SPS CBP), which is an AusAID-funded regional program managed by the Office of the Chief Plant Protection Officer within the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. The first project was a training "Workshop on Diagnostics of Phytophagous Mites (Acari)", which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 5-10 May 2008, focused on the identification, preparation and collection of phytophagous mites of the families Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae, Tarsonemidae and Eriophyidae, covering the concept of a diagnostic standard and included sessions on the morphology, biology and ecology of mites and the management and control of mite infestations. The second project provided: (1) in-country training on technical skills appropriate for collection, preparation and curation of mites; (2) Identifications of important taxa of phytophagous mites; (3) Discussion or preliminary work on any future collaborative opportunities; and (4) Establishment of an ASEAN website for relevant taxonomic and other resources. The third project provided a short-term attachment to a New Zealand laboratory specialising in the diagnostics of stored product mites (Acari). Two ASEAN scientists (Hanani ZAINOL of Malaysia and Ploychompoo KONVIPASRUANG of Thailand) travelled to the New Zealand laboratory, for the purpose of specialist training in the diagnostics of stored product mites.
In 2014, a new course "TRAINING IN MITE DIAGNOSTICS" was funded by New Zealand Aid through a project managed by Landcare Research. The course was run at Applied Research Institute of Agricultural Quarantine (ARIAQ), Bekasi, Indonesia for 14 participants from various quarantine labs in Indonesia.
This website has a focus on the network of people and institutions participated in mite capacity-building in ASEAN countries and has the main purpose of providing information on mites to participants in the region. Members participated in the capacity-building programme should get a password to download some material from this site.
This website is developed by Dr Zhi-Qiang Zhang, an acarologist working at New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand; email ZhangZ (at) landcareresearch.co.nz
Dr Trevor Crosby, also of Landcare Research, is thanked for many of the photos used here.
Created by
Dr Zhi-Qiang Zhang; hosted by Systematic
& Applied Acarology Society