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Weed management practices affect the diversity and relative abundance of physic nut mites

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Crop management practices determine weed community, which in turn may influence patterns of diversity and abundance of associated arthropods. This study aimed to evaluate whether local weed management practices influence the diversity and relative abundance of phytophagous and predatory mites, as well as mites with undefined feeding habits—of the families Oribatidae and Acaridae—in a physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) plantation subjected to (1) within-row herbicide spraying and between-row mowing; (2) within-row herbicide spraying and no between-row mowing; (3) within-row weeding and between-row mowing; (4) within-row weeding and no between-row mowing; and (5) unmanaged (control). The herbicide used was glyphosate. Herbicide treatments resulted in higher diversity and relative abundance of predatory mites and mites with undefined feeding habit on physic nut shrubs. This was probably due to the toxic effects of the herbicide on mites or to removal of weeds. Within-row herbicide spraying combined with between-row mowing was the treatment that most contributed to this effect. Our results show that within-row weeds harbor important species of predatory mites and mites with undefined feeding habit. However, the dynamics of such mites in the system can be changed according to the weed management practice applied. Among the predatory mites of the family Phytoseiidae Amblydromalus sp. was the most abundant, whereas Brevipalpus phoenicis was the most frequent phytophagous mite and an unidentified oribatid species was the most frequent mite with undefined feeding habit.

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We thank the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES—Projects PROCAD-NF 187/2010 and PNPD) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) for the fellowships and financial support.

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  1. Federal University of Tocantins (UFT), PO Box 66, Gurupi, Tocantins, Brazil

    Althiéris de Sousa Saraiva, Renato A. Sarmento, Eduardo A. L. Erasmo, Marçal Pedro-Neto, Danival José de Souza & Daniella G. Silva

  2. Embrapa Coastal Tablelands, Av. Beira Mar 3250, PO Box 44, Jardins, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil

    Adenir V. Teodoro

  3. Graduate Programme in Agroecology, Maranhão State University (UEMA), PO Box 09, São Luís, MA, Brazil

    Adenir V. Teodoro

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de Sousa Saraiva, A., Sarmento, R.A., Erasmo, E.A.L. et al. Weed management practices affect the diversity and relative abundance of physic nut mites. Exp Appl Acarol 65, 359–375 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-014-9875-y

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