Adubação com enxofre, nitrogênio, cálcio e potássio afetando a interação entre Tuta absoluta e o tomateiro

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Queiroz, Renan Batista
• Orientador(a): Picanço, Marcelo Coutinho
• Banca de defesa: Fernandes, Flávio Lemes , Silva, Ézio Marques da , Magalhães, Sérgio Tinôco Verçosa de
• 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: Metabolismo secundário; Nutrientes; Interação inseto-planta
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Secondary metabolism; Nutrients; Insect-plant interaction
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::AGRONOMIA::FITOSSANIDADE::ENTOMOLOGIA AGRICOLA
• Link de acesso: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/3917

The nutrients used for plant fertilization affect their susceptibility to insect herbivores. Among the major pests of tomato in the world is a leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the influence of plant fertilization with calcium, sulfur, nitrogen and potassium in reproduction, growth, survival and damage of T. absoluta. This study was conducted in a greenhouse. The experimental design was randomized blocks with nine treatments and five replications. The treatments consisted of fertilization levels of deficiency and excess calcium, sulfur, nitrogen and potassium. One treatment with normal fertilization was established beyond these levels. The eggs from T. absoluta were transferred for the leaves of tomato a month after the start of the experiment. The number of surviving insects, the developmental stage of insects and the number of mines per leaf were evaluated daily. The contents of nutrients were determined in leaves of tomato. Among the nutrients studied, only the doses of sulfur and nitrogen fertilizer used in the affected T. absoluta. The reproduction of T. absoluta was lower in plants with normal fertilization, higher the mortality of larvae and these plants suffered less damage than those with nutritional deficiency. The maximum reproductive performance of T. absoluta occurred in plants with nutritional deficiency. The plants with higher levels of nutrients in leaves were less susceptible to T. absoluta.