Distribuição vertical e espacial do pulgão do algodoeiro e sua relação com predadores.

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Moraes, João Gutemberg Leite
• Orientador(a): Bleicher, Ervino
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Fitotecnia; Gossypium hirsutum; Aphis gossypii; Predador; Amostragem; Índices de dispersão; Pulgão; Algodão; Gossypium
• Link de acesso: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/8518

Cotton plant (Gossypium hirsutum L. r. latifolium Hutch) produces the most consumed textile fiber in the world. Its yield may be affected by many factors, among them, those of biotic origin, form witch, arthropod pest are the main contributor for a significant part of crop loss. Nowadays, integrated pest management (IPM) has been proposed as a best option to get rationally along with phytophagous. Among those, the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is considered a key-pest for this plant, due to its aggressiveness witch results in direct and indirect damages. Knowing the within-plant and special distribution patterns of pest and its predators aid IPM strategies. Based on this, this research were realized with the following objectives: determine the place of aphid sampling considering within-plant distribution; look for a possible relationship between aphid colonies and percent infested plants; knowing A. gossypii and some of its predators spatial distribution; set up de sample number to be used in IPM strategies; study aphid and some predators dynamic. For this propose, a field experiment were done, under natural infestation, at Fazenda Lavoura Seca at Quixadá county, State of Ceará (Brazil) and an area at the Agronomy Department of de Universidade Federal do Ceará at Fortaleza county, Ceará State (Brazil) during the years of 2009 and 2011. Results show that the first completely expanded leaf of the plant top would be the sample unit for aphid on cotton. There was found a correlation between aphid colonies and infested plants on the field. This fact may fasten sampling procedures on this pest. Spatial distribution of aphid as well as the predators follow the negative binomial distribution. Fifty is the sampling number to be used for aphid in a IPM program. Predators fluctuation around aphid density in the beginning of the season and 21% infested plant with predators lead to the aphid population reduction.