Variação sazonal de Triozoida limbata (Hemiptera: Triozidae) e inimigos naturais em goiabeira / Seasonal variation of Triozoida limbata (Hemiptera: Triozidae) and natural enemies in guava plants

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2008

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Triozoida limbata is one of the most important pests of guava plants. Their nymphs attack young leaves and buds, causing serious damages. Basic studies of population dynamics and determination of factors that regulate the population growth are necessary for the development of integrated programs management of this pest. Agents of natural biological control and the climatic elements are among the factors that more affected the attack intensity of insects-pest. Objective this work was assessed T. limbata population fluctuation and determines the relationship among its occurrence with natural enemies and climatic elements. This research was carried out in a commercial orchard of guava, located in Paula Cândido, Minas Gerais state, from julho/2005 to agosto/2007. Population densities of T. limbata, predators, parasitoids and parasitism rates of nymphs were assessed weekly. Climatic data were also collected daily. Correlations were accomplished among T. limbata densities with the natural enemies population densities and with data climatic elements for determine the relationship among these factors. T. limbata was verified guava plants groves to year, and in most of the time this insect reached the pest status. Seasonality of T. limbata attack to guava plants was associated to variations of climatic elements and predators and parasitoids densities. Populational peaks of eggs, nymphs and adults occurred from August to December, from July to November and from August to November, respectively. The largest intensity of T. limbata attack to guava plants occurred in periods of cool temperatures (18 to 20 C) and shorter photoperiod (10 at 11 hours of light). Natural enemies that controlled T. limbata were the predators Chrysoperla sp. (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Acanthinus sp. (Coleoptera: Anthicidae), Discodon sp. (Coleoptera: Cantaridae), Hymenoptera: Vespidae and the parasitoid of nymphs Psyllaephagus sp. (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Results found in this work, the future studies aiming the determination of strategies and tactics management of T. limbata should consider its occurrence time and factors related with the seasonal variations of their populations, like the climatic elements and the natural enemies.

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dinâmica populacional predadores predators psidium guajava parasitóides psilídeo da goiabeira population dynamics psidium guajava entomologia agricola parasitoids

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