**Meet the editor**

Dr. Vytautas Pilipavičius gained his degree diploma (summa cum laude, Hon) in Scientific Agronomy from Lithuanian University of Agriculture (since 2011 Aleksandras Stulginskis University) in 1996 and soon went on to obtain his PhD in Weed and Crop Sciences (2000) followed by Habilitation in Biomedical Sciences, Agronomy (2007) with the topic "Weed Spreading Regularity

and Adaptivity to Abiotical Factors". Since 1996, he has worked at the same university as a researcher and as assistant professor, later on as an associate professor and the vice-dean for research and development at the faculty of Agronomy, eventually progressing to become a professor in weed science, organic agriculture and agroecology in 2007. He has published over 100 research papers in both national and international journals and over 70 other publications, presentations and theses at symposiums and conferences as well is an author or co-author and editor of more than 15 books.

## Contents

**Preface XI**


Chapter 5 **Current and Potential Use of Phytophagous Mites as Biological Control Agent of Weeds 109** Carlos Vásquez, Yelitza Colmenárez, José Morales-Sánchez, Neicy Valera, María F. Sandoval and Diego Balza
