Fluctuación poblacional de Brevipalpus phoenicis (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), vector de la leprosis de los cítricos en Tabasco, México
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Citrus leprosis was detected in the State of Tabasco, Mexico in 2006. The aim of this study was to determine the mite population fluctuation, vector of this disease, Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes). Leaves were sampled biweekly from October 2009 to September 2010 in a plantation of 1 ha planted with Valencia orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) in the citric area of Tabasco (17°42’00"North, 93°28’26" West). Mite was present during the 12 considered months, with the highest population density in October and November 2009, and from April to September 2010. Population presented a well marked descent that began in November 2009 and finalized in January 2010, which coincided with the temperature decrease and the precipitation increase; likewise, it presented a well marked increase from February to April that matched the temperature increase and rainfall scarcity. From May to September population fluctuation did not varied considerably as same as temperature. However, in this period precipitation increased markedly showing the highest levels. Pearson analysis indicated a high correlation of population fluctuation with temperature (r = 0.7878, P = 0. 0023) and a very low correlation with rainfall (r = 0.1339, P = 0 6781). It infers that population fluctuation of B. phoenicis in the study area depends more on temperature than precipitation changes.
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