Alfalfa-pests

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• Eriophyes

  blister mites

  Eriophyes is a genus of eriophyid mites known for inducing gall formation on host plants. Unlike most mites, adults possess only two pairs of legs rather than four. The genus includes economically significant pests such as Eriophyes dimocarpi, which causes longan witches' broom disease in Vietnam, and Eriophyes pyri, the pear leaf blister mite. Species feed by piercing plant cells to access sap, with saliva that triggers distinctive plant growth abnormalities including blisters, curls, and witches' broom formations.

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