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Mites associated with sugarcane crop and with native trees from adjacent Atlantic forest fragment in Brazil

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In some Brazilian regions the Atlantic forest biome is currently restrict to fragments occurring amid monocultures, as sugarcane crops in the Northeast region. Important influence of forest remnants over mite fauna of permanent crops have been showed, however it has been poorly explored on annual crops. The first step for understanding ecological relationship in an agricultural systems is known its composition. The objective of this study was to investigate the plant-inhabiting mite fauna associated with sugarcane crop (Saccharum officinarum L.) (Poaceae) and caboatã (Cupania oblongifolia Mart.) (Sapindaceae) trees in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. Sugarcane stalks and sugarcane and caboatã apical, middle and basal leaves were sampled. A total of 2565 mites were collected from sugarcane and classified into seven families of Trombidiformes and Mesostigmata orders, with most individuals belonging to the Eriophyidae, Tetranychidae and Tarsonemidae families. Among predatory mites, the Phytoseiidae were the most common. A total of 1878 mites were found on C. oblongifolia and classified into 13 families of Trombidiformes and Mesostigmata orders. The most abundant phytophagous mite family on caboatã was also Eriophyidae. In contrast to sugarcane, Ascidae was the most common predatory mite family observed in caboatã. No phytophagous species were common to both sugarcane and C. oblongifolia. However two predatory mites were shared between host plants. Although mites associated with only one native species in the forest fragment were evaluated in this study, our preliminary results suggest Atlantic forest native vegetation can present an important role in the sugarcane agricultural system as a source of natural enemies.

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Acknowledgments

To Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), for granting the fellowship to the first author. To Prof. Dr. Gilberto José de Moraes to have received the first author at the Laboratório de Acarologia da Escola Superior de Agricultura (ESALQ) to perform the identifications. To Prof. Dr. Carlos HW Flechtmann by identifying a genera of Tetranychidae. To Prof. Dr. Antônio Carlos Lofego by identifying Tarsonemidae. To Dr. Perterson Demite for help in identifying the Phytoseiidae. To Renan Venâcio for help in identifying Tenuipalpidae. To, the Phd student Jandir Cruz Santos for help in confirmation the classification of other families. To Marcela Regina Melo Daher, representative of Usinas Reunidas Seresta by the authorization to mite sampling in their private area.

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  1. Centro de Ciências Agrárias (CECA- UFAL), Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Rio Largo, Alagoas, 57100-000, Brazil

    Mércia E. Duarte

  2. Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, Distrito Federal, 70770-900, Brazil

    Denise Navia

  3. Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Campus Arapiraca, Arapiraca, Alagoas, 57309-005, Brazil

    Lucas R. dos Santos, Pedro J. S. Rideiqui & Edmilson S. Silva

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Duarte, M.E., Navia, D., dos Santos, L.R. et al. Mites associated with sugarcane crop and with native trees from adjacent Atlantic forest fragment in Brazil. Exp Appl Acarol 66, 529–540 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-015-9922-3

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