Experimental and Applied Acarology (2008) 44, 277-291

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Jeferson Luiz De Carvalho Mineiro, Mário Eidi Sato, Adalton Raga and Valter Arthur (2008)
Population dynamics of phytophagous and predaceous mites on coffee in Brazil, with emphasis on Brevipalpus phoenicis (Acari: Tenuipalpidae)
Experimental and Applied Acarology 44 (4), 277-291
Abstract: The objective of this work was to study the population dynamics of Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes) and predaceous mites (Phytoseiidae and Stigmaeidae), as well as the interactions among these mite species, in a coffee plantation in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Tydeids were also evaluated because of the high frequency of these mites on coffee plants. Samples of leaves, branches and fruits were taken fortnightly, from April 2001 to June 2003, from plants randomly chosen in the coffee plantation. B. phoenicis mites were found on leaves in higher number during the drier periods of the year. Among the predaceous mites, Euseius citrifolius Denmark and Muma and Euseius concordis (Chant) were the most frequent species on the surface of leaves. During the evaluations, 72,534 domatia were cut and opened to remove the mites, from 6,360 leaves examined. Zetzellia malvinae Matioli, Ueckermann and Oliveira was the most frequent predator species found inside domatia. Significant correlations were observed between population dynamics of, among others, E. concordis and B. phoenicis, Z. malvinae and B. phoenicis, and Z. malvinae and E. concordis. Significant correlations were also verified between the number of domatia and the population densities of B. phoenicis, E. concordis, Lorryia sp. and Z. malvinae. Interactions between predator-prey and predator-predator on coffee plants are discussed. The influence of the meteorological factors temperature and precipitation on the most frequent mite species is also discussed.
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surveys/sampling/distribution
population dynamics/ epidemiology
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Brevipalpus phoenicis Coffee (Coffea) Brazil (south)
Euseius concordis (predator) Brevipalpus phoenicis Coffee (Coffea) Brazil (south)
Euseius citrifolius (predator) Brevipalpus phoenicis Coffee (Coffea) Brazil (south)
Zetzellia malvinae (predator) Brevipalpus phoenicis Coffee (Coffea) Brazil (south)
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