An Introduction to Acarology, 1952

Baker, E.W. and G.W. Wharton. 1952. An Introduction to Acarology. Macmillan: New York, 465 pp.

A Revision of the Spider Mite Family Tetranychidae, 1955

Pritchard, A.E. and E.W. Baker. 1955. A Revision of the Spider Mite Family Tetranychidae. Memoirs of Pacific Coast Entomology Society: San Francisco, 2: 472pp.

Mites Injurious to Economic Plants, 1975

Jeppson, L.R., H.H. Keifer, and E.W. Baker. 1975. Mites Injurious to Economic Plants. University of California Press: Berkeley, 614pp.

An Illustrated Guide to Plant Abnormalities Caused by Eriophyid Mites in North America,  1982
A Guide to the Spider Mites of the United States, 1994

Keifer, H.H., E.W. Baker, T. Kono, M. Delfinado, and W.E. Styer. 1982. An Illustrated Guide to Plant Abnormalities Caused by Eriophyid Mites in North America. USDA, Agriculture Handbook No. 573, 178pp.

Baker, E.W. and D.M. Tuttle. 1994. A Guide to the Spider Mites (Tetranychidae) of the United States. Indira Publishing House: West Bloomfield, MI, 347pp.

Eriophyoid Mites of the United States, 1996

Baker, E.W., T. Kono, J.W. Amrine, jr., M. Delfinado-Baker, and T.A. Stasny. 1996. Eriophyoid Mites of the United States. Indira Publishing House: West Bloomfield, MI, 349pp.

Gerson, U., R.L. Smiley, and R. Ochoa. 2003. Mites (Acari) for Pest Control. Blackwell: Oxford, 539pp.

Several major books have been authored or co-authored with USDA acarologists E.W. Baker and R.L. Smiley. Together these works have provided a comprehensive overview of mite taxonomy, biology, and ecology, including extensive treatment of interactions of plant-feeding mites with their hosts.

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