Abstract

RUIZ-ORTA, Alfredo; RAMIREZ-DAVILA, José Francisco; CAMPOS-ALANIS, Juan  and  GUTIERREZ-RODRIGUEZ, Francisco. GIS for the management of phytosanitary problems of coffee in Sultepec. Rev. Mex. Cienc. Agríc [online]. 2025, vol.16, n.5, e3760.  Epub Oct 27, 2025. ISSN 2007-0934.  https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v16i5.3760.

Geographic information systems, as well as thematic maps, are used in precision agriculture for the collection, analysis and representation of data of interest; to enable crop efficiency and minimize the costs and resources used for different activities, such as pest and disease monitoring. The research aimed to design a geographic information system for the sustainable management of phytosanitary problems of coffee in the municipality of Sultepec, State of Mexico. Databases were created and the QGIS 3.24 Tisler program was used to make 108 thematic maps that represent a monthly average of the incidence of rooster’s eye, rust and iron spot in three sampled plots, in which the progress of each of the problems is observed during a year of sampling. These maps allowed us to identify well-marked sources of infection, as well as the months with the highest incidence, September to December for rooster’s eye and iron spot, with an infected area of up to 86%, and for rust, the months with the highest incidence were from January to April, reaching an infected area of up to 82%. The thematic maps allow the dissemination of the usefulness of technologies and the development of the most timely and effective decision-making in the management and control of coffee pests and diseases, with the challenge of sustainable crop management.

Keywords : agronomic potential; sustainable management; thematic maps.

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