Acarofauna asociada a variedades de café (Coffea arabica L.) en Toledo, Norte de Santander.

Abstract

Agriculture according to GDP is classified as the sixth most important economic activity in the country, within this, is coffee crops, because it benefits a large percentage of the Colombian producing population. This crop is subject to pests that damage crops and reduce the economic value of production, this fact is triggered by different arthropods, including mites. However, the study of the mites is very little known in the country, therefore, research focused on the identification of mites in coffee is necessary, as shown in the following work, focused on the Típica, Bourbon and Colombia varieties of coffee. area of Toledo, Norte de Santander, one of the municipalities that exports coffee in Colombia. From each of these varieties, 6 plants of the Colombia variety, 5 of Típica and 12 of Bourbon were taken. To make the collections, 600 ml bottles with 120 ml of alcohol were used; 5 leaves from the upper, middle and lower part were introduced into these bottles, that is to say that 3 different bottles with the same solution were used for each plant. The collected specimens were mounted in Hoyer's medium on microscopy slides. The results obtained showed diversity of species present in the aforementioned varieties analyzed, a total of 1004 specimens were collected, distributed in; V. Típica with 165, V. Bourbon with 551 and V. Colombia with 288, being identified 4 orders, 9 families and 28 species of mites, adding the discovery of a species of tick. Among the most important species were Brevipalpus papayensis, Amblyseius herbicolus, Iphizeoides zuluagai. In the same way, the classification of these species was carried out by their pest or benefit action, taking into account their ecological niche, as well as informative material to publicize the results of the investigation.