Abstract
ABSTRACT Cytological alterations resulting from feeding of Oligonychus biharensis on Manihot esculenta L. (cassava) plant leaves were examined using transmission electron microscopy in order to reflect upon the mechanical injury and to have a closer observation into the minute details of damage induced to the host leaves by the feeding of these mites. The severity of damage to the host leaves was directly related to the feeding intensity of the mites and was a function of time. Infested cassava leaves showed a reduction in thickness as a result of disruption and reduction of mesophyll layers. Cells exhibited coagulated protoplasts, reduction in the number of cells and chloroplasts, alterations in cell structure, increase in space in the spongy layer, extensive disruption of the mesophyll cells, and even reduction of chloroplasts in adjacent unpunctured cells.
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