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Tenuipalpid mites of the genus Brevipalpus are of significant economic and quarantine importance in agriculture. They can damage and vector phytopathogenic viruses in coffee plantations and other crops. In this study, we focused on: identification of the Brevipalpus species, assessment of the spread of Brevipalpus-associated viruses (CoRSV, CiLV-N, CiLVC and CiLVC2), and mite population fluctuations over the course of 1 year. The study was conducted in coffee plantations in Soconusco, a coffee-producing region in Chiapas, Mexico. The collected mites of the Brevipalpus phoenicis sensu lato species complex (635) were identified as Brevipalpus papayensis (80.2%) and B. yothersi (19.8%) based on morphological and molecular characteristics. Their population abundance was low and there were no indications for virosis. The highest mite abundance was recorded in August–September and the lowest in February–March. An interaction was observed between mite abundance and coffee species in open-growth and shaded cultivation at various altitudes. Brevipalpus papayensis was most abundant in Coffea arabica var. Bourbon, in shaded (80%) growing conditions at an altitude of 1300 m above sea level. In C. canephora (in open-growth cultivation conditions at low altitude), B. yothersi was more abundant than in C. arabica, and as abundant as B. papayensis. We are of the opinion that, at this moment, B. papayensis and B. yothersi do not present risks to the production of coffee for the studied plantations. However, as the coffee-producing regions of Mexico are ecologically diverse, it will be important to continue examining the status of Brevipalpus mite populations in other regions in Mexico.
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We thank the Centro Nacional de Referencia Fitosanitaria (CNRF-SENASICA) for providing us with the positive control sample of CiLVC used in this study. We are grateful to Graciela Huerta Palacios, Salvador Hernández Moreno and Alfredo Castillo Vera for their critical reading of the manuscript, and to Verónica García Fajardo for providing invaluable technical assistance with molecular analysis. We also wish to thank Eduardo Rafael Chamé Vázquez, for editing the mite photomicrographs, Misael Martínez Bolaños, who served as the contact person with the coffee plantations, and the plantation owners themselves. Julio Domínguez Gabriel would like to acknowledge Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT) for postgraduate fellowship 885059.
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RGG and JDG conceived the present study and designed the experiments. JDG carried out the experiments, analysed the data and drafted the manuscript. RGG supervised the project, analysed the data and managed the development of the manuscript. KGN contributed to the molecular analysis and provided critical input on the manuscript. GOC performed the taxonomic classification of the studied acarines and provided critical comments on the manuscript. JV-M assisted with the statistical analysis. All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
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Domínguez-Gabriel, J., Guillén-Navarro, K., Otero-Colina, G. et al. Brevipalpus mites associated with coffee plants (Coffea arabica and C. canephora) in Chiapas, Mexico. Exp Appl Acarol 85, 1–17 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-021-00657-9
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