Bioecologia de Polyphagotarsonemus latus em acessos de pinhão manso (Jatropha curcas)

• Ano de defesa: 2009
• Autor(a) principal: Lopes, Elisângela Novais
• Orientador(a): Venzon, Madelaine
• Banca de defesa: Pereira, Eliseu José Guedes , Picanço, Marcelo Coutinho
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Viçosa
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Mestrado em Entomologia
• Departamento: Ciência entomológica; Tecnologia entomológica
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Ácaro branco; Parâmetros biológicos; Crescimento populacional; Biodiesel; Variedades
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Broad mite; Biological parameters; Population growth; Biodiesel; Varieties
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::AGRONOMIA::FITOSSANIDADE::ENTOMOLOGIA AGRICOLA
• Link de acesso: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/3896

The broad mite Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks, 1904) (Acari: Tarsonemidae) has been cited as one of the most important pests of physic nut in Brazil. However, there is no information available about broad mite development on the main genotypes of physic nut cultivated in Brazil. Besides, the control of P. latus has been done with synthetic acaricides, without the knowledge of broad mite densities, due to the lack of sampling plans for the pest in this crop. The aims of this research were to study the biological parameters of P. latus and its population growth on physic nut genotypes, the predators associated to broad mite in physic nut genotypes, and to determine a sampling plan for P. latus. The informations were distributed in three chapters. In Chapter 1, it was evaluated P. latus biology and its population growth through the estimation of the intrinsic rate of population increase (rm) in laboratory and the instantaneous rate of population increase (ri) in the greenhouse, on five physic nut genotypes (Filomena, Bento, Oracília, Gonçalo and Paraguaçú). In Chapter 2 , we determined the unit amostral, the amostral technique and the more representative number of samples to compose the sampling plan of P. latus in physic nut plants. In the chapter 3, it was studied the population dynamics of P. latus in the field, in nine genotypes of physic nut, their attack seasonality, the importance of the predatory mites in controlling P. latus population. P. latus was capable to complete its life cycle and to reproduce in the tested genotypes. The biological parameters and the fecundity of P. latus didi not differ among the tested physic nut genotypes. The intrinsic rate of population increase (rm) and the instantaneous rate of population increase (ri) were similar among the genotypes. The injury levels of P. latus didn't differ among the genotypes. For the sampling plan, the leaf surface selected for the sampling of P. latus in physic nut was the abaxial and the ideal positions for sampling are those close to the petioles (P5 and P6) of that surface. The direct counting with aid of manual magnifying glass was the best sampling technique. The most representative leaves for broad mite sampling were from the 2nd to 4th leaf. Adjustment was not observed of the sample data the any frequency distribution, however the number of samples to compose the sampling plan was 79 samples/farming, what requests 0.95 hours/sampling and costs R$ 17.67 for the sampling. In the field, the levels of infestation of P. latus along the time andthe number of predatory mites didn't vary among the physic nut genotypes. There was no significant correlation betweenthe predatory mite Iphiseiodes zuluagai and P. latus populations, however there was a positive correlation among predatori mites Typhlodromalus spp., the climatic factors (precipitation, temperature and photoperiod) and the densities of P. latus. The population peak of P. latus was during November and December.