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Keywords: mite behavior, repellent action of the alarm pheromone in several species of grain mites, Tyrophagus putrescentiae, Aleuroglyphus ovatus, Lardoglyphus konoi, Carpoglyphus lactis, Dermatophagoides farinae, antifungal effect of the alarm pheromone, nerhyl formate and citral, fungistatic effect