On the possibility that phoresis is responsible for the dispersion of Brevipalpus mites and the viruses they transmit

• Grant number: 21/03113-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2021
• End date: April 30, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Plant Health
• Principal Investigator: Elliot Watanabe Kitajima
• Grantee: Gustavo Verruma Bernardi
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 19/25078-9 - Genomics and trascriptome of virus-vector-host plant relationship in the pathosytem of Brevipalpus transmitted viruses; systematic and evolution of Brevipalpus mites and their endosymbionts; new strategies to manage citrus Leprosis in the S. Paulo State, AP.TEM

Abstract

The possibility that long distance dispersion of Brevipalpus mites (and the viruses they transmit)by phoresis (transport by other organisms, specially by winged) will be investigated. The following appreaches will be employed:(a) examination of insects captured in traps (b) introduction of insects (diptera, coleoptera, lepidoptera, hemiptera, etc.) on Brevipalpus colonies kept on isolated leaves (p.ex. jack bean) and observe possible association between mites and introduced insects (c) in case insect/mite association occurs, further observation will be made to verify transport of mites to other plants.

Scientific publications

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VINICIUS HENRIQUE BELLO; GABRIEL MADOGLIO FAVARA; GUSTAVO VERRUMA BERNARDI; JORGE ALBERTO MARQUES REZENDE; RENATO BARBOSA SALAROLI; ELLIOT WATANABE KITAJIMA. First report of sunflower chlorotic mottle virus infecting sunflower plants in Brazil. Scientia Agricola, v. 80, 2022-09-12. (21/02179-4, 20/05563-7, 21/03113-7, 18/18274-3, 18/01633-0)

BELLO, VINICIUS HENRIQUE; FAVARA, GABRIEL MADOGLIO; BERNARDI, GUSTAVO VERRUMA; MARQUES REZENDE, JORGE ALBERTO; SALAROLI, RENATO BARBOSA; KITAJIMA, ELLIOT WATANABE. First report of sunflower chlorotic mottle virus infecting sunflower plants in Brazil. CIENTIA AGRICOL, v. 80, p. 5-pg., 2023-01-01. (20/05563-7, 18/18274-3, 21/03113-7, 18/01633-0)