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Keywords: there was a strong relationship between the supply of major plant nutrients and the population of the spider mite on tomato in nutrient culture experiments in the greenhouse, nitrogen supply was associated with nitrogen absorption, which in turn was associated with phosphorous and boron absorption, more than three times as many mites developed in the low nitrogen foliate than on the high nitrogen foliage