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Potential of native palm species in Northeast Brazil as hosts for the invasive mite Raoiella indica (Acari: Tenuipalpidae)

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The red palm mite, Raoiella indica Hirst (Tenuipalpidae), has mainly been registered on palm species (Arecaceae), and its expansion in Brazil has the potential to cause significant negative impact on cultivated as well as native palms. Here, we evaluate the potential of native palms from Northeast Brazil to act as hosts of R. indica. Specifically, we used in situ free-choice and confinement tests, in which sections of palm leaves/leaflets of various species were experimentally infested with R. indica. We tested the following species: Acrocomia aculeata, Acrocomia intumescens, Allagoptera caudescens, Attalea funifera, Attalea oleifera, Bactris acanthocarpa var. acanthocarpa, Bactris ferruginea, Bactris glassmanii, Bactris hirta var. spruceana, Bactris pickelii, Copernicia prunifera, Desmoncus orthacanthos, Desmoncus polyacanthos, Syagrus coronata and Syagrus schizophylla. All of these were compared with the mite’s preferred host, the coconut palm, Cocos nucifera. In the free-choice test, both male and female R. indica preferred C. nucifera in comparison to each of the native palms. In the confinement test, we observed significant differences in the survivorship between mites on native palms and those on coconut palms after the second day of infestation. By the fifth day, survivorship of mites on the native palms was almost always significantly lower than on C. nucifera (excepting for C. prunifera). We conclude that, among all the native palms evaluated, only the carnauba palm (C. prunifera) is at risk from R. indica. This result is relevant as this palm is an economically important species in the region.

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Acknowledgements

This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001. Authors are grateful to Prof. Dr. Manoel Guedes Correa Gondim Junior, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (Recife, PE, Brazil), for advise on experimental design, and to Dr. João Gomes da Costa, Embrapa Alimentos e Territórios (Maceió, AL, Brazil), for helping us with the statistical analysis.

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  1. Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Alagoas (IFAL), Murici, AL, Brazil

    I. V. Souza

  2. Instituto do Meio Ambiente do Estado de Alagoas (IMA), Herbário MAC, Maceió, AL, Brazil

    R. P. Lyra-Lemos

  3. Embrapa Tabuleiros Costeiros, Unidade de Pesquisa de Rio Largo, Rio Largo, AL, Brazil

    E. C. Guzzo

  4. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Proteção de Plantas, Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Rio Largo, AL, Brazil

    I. V. Souza & E. C. Guzzo

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IVS and ECG planned, designed and executed experimental work, performed data analyses and wrote the manuscript. RPLL found and collected native palms, prepared exsiccatae and identified species.

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Souza, I.V., Lyra-Lemos, R.P. & Guzzo, E.C. Potential of native palm species in Northeast Brazil as hosts for the invasive mite Raoiella indica (Acari: Tenuipalpidae). Exp Appl Acarol 80, 509–520 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-020-00484-4

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