About this Event
DATE OF EVENT: June 2-13, 2025
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 19, 2025
TIMES: 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (or later each day)
Housing options and possible student discounts are available. See website for details.
In its 70th year (and third year at the University of Arkansas), the Acarology Summer Program will once again offer courses to teach researchers, technicians, and students from around the world how to recognize and identify mites. Instructors will be brought in to share their expertise in mite biology, collection, identification, and management using specimens from the University of Arkansas collections. Whether you're new to mites or hoping to expand your breadth of knowledge, come join the long legacy of acarologists that have attended the Acarology Summer Program.
Check out the first course of the program, Introduction to Acarology!
Agricultural Acarology
This two-week course concentrates on the Acari associated with agricultural systems, including both pests and beneficial mites. This includes extensive discussion and examination of Phytoseiidae, Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae, Eriophyidae, Astigmata, and many other groups of plant-associated mites. The main emphasis will be on identification and systematics of both adults and immatures, but this course will have a strong secondary emphasis on management, collection and curation techniques, and mite life-history. After completion of the course, participants will be proficient in the identification of a broad diversity of agriculturally relevant mites.
This course involves long hours, often 9-10 hours per day, roughly 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
or later each day. Most days are spent listening to lectures and identifying mites through the microscope. Participants must be able to spend long hours looking through the microscope in order to get the most out of the workshop. All necessary materials will be supplied by the program.
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