Author/Authors :
Demolin-Leite, Germano Leão Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Montes Claros, Brasil , Santos Veloso, Ronnie Von dos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Montes Claros, Brasil , Letícia Silva, Júlia Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Montes Claros, Brasil , Azevedo, Alcinei Místico Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Montes Claros, Brasil , Alvarenga Soares, Marcus Departamento de Agronomia - Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Minas Gerais State, Brasil , Lemes Alves, Pedro Guilherme Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Montes Claros, Brasil , Luiz Matioli, André Laboratório de Acarologia - Instituto Biológico, São Paulo State, Brasil , Zanuncio, José Cola Universidade Federal de Viçosa - Departamento de Entomologia/BIOAGRO, Minas Gerais State, Brasil
Abstract :
The distribution of Caryocar brasiliense Camb. (Caryocaraceae) trees is wide in the Brazilian Cerrado biome and its fruits are used by humans for food and as the main income source of many communities. Herbivorous mites damage this plant and their abundance and of their predator mites were recorded in three separate parts of C. brasiliense canopies. The number of Eutetranychus sp. (Tetranychidae) individuals was highest in the apical canopy parts and those of Proctolaelaps sp. (Ascidae) and Tetranychus sp.1. (Tetranychidae) in the basal part. This knowledge is important to sample phytophagous and predator mites in future commercial plantations of this plant.
Keywords :
Acari , Brazil , pest , predator , sampling
