| Chapter No. | Chapter Title | Chapter Author | Page No. |
| INTRODUCTION | | 1 |
| 1.1 Habits and Habitats of Mites | | 1 |
| 1.2 Techniques (collection, Preservation , Clearing, Mounting, Rearing, Sampling, Toxicological, SEM & TEM, historical, anatomical, bioassay studies) | | 7 |
| 1.3 Anatomical Features of Mites of Agri-horticultural importance | | 22 |
| 1.4 Biological Aspects of Plant feeding and Predatory mites and effect of environmental factors | | 24 |
| 1.5 General Mode of feeding of phytophagous mites on host plants and consequent damage symptoms | | 30 |
| 1.6 Major Groups of Injuries plant feeding mites and beneficial predatory mites | | 32 |
| 1.7 Management of Mite pests (Chemical, botanical , biorationals) | | 41 |
| 1.8 Resistance Development in mites and Consequent Problem there of in mite management | | 49 |
| 1.9 Biological Control | | 54 |
| 1.10 Pheromones in mites and their uses in mite management | | 62 |
| 1.11 Effect of Pesticides on predatory mites | | 64 |
| 1.12 Biology of Pesticides on Predatory Mites | | 64 |
| 1.13 Mite transmission of plant Viruses | | 65 |
| 1.14 Gall forming and leaf domatia by mites | | 71 |
| 1.15 Parasites and Pathogens of mites nematodes, fungal, protozoan, rickettsial, bactrial and viral) | | 80 |
| KEY TO ORDERS, FAMILIES OF PLANT FEEDING AND PREDATORY MITES | | 89 |
| MITES INFESTING AGRI-HORTICULTURAL CROPS IN INDIA | | 93 |
| 3.1 Cereals and Millets | | 93 |
| 3.2 Pulses | | 106 |
| 3.3 Fibre Crops | | 115 |
| 3.4 Oil Seeds | | 121 |
| 3.5 Plantation Crops | | 124 |
| 3.6 Fruit trees | | 138 |
| 3.7 Vegetables | | 178 |
| 3.8 Medicinal Plants | | 198 |
| 3.9 Aromatic Plants | | 217 |
| 3.10 Dye-yielding | | 220 |
| 3.11 narcotic | | 220 |
| 3.12 Spices | | 221 |
| 3.13 Condiments | | 222 |
| 3.15 Weeds/Fodder | | 236 |
| 3.16 Forests trees | | 239 |
| 3.17 Cash crops (sugarcane & Tapioca) | | 243 |
| 3.18 Mushroom | | 247 |
| 3.19 Stored Product mites (Post harvest mite infestation) | | 252 |
| 3.20 Apiculture mites | | 270 |
| LIST OF MITES OF AGRI-HORTICULTURAL IMPORTANCE, STORED PRODUCTS, MUSHROOMS IN INDIA | | 276 |
| SELECTED REFERENCES | | 299 |
| INDEX OF SCIENTIFIC NAMES | | 328 |
| PLATES | | 343 |
