Detalhes bibliográficos
| Ano de defesa: |
2012 |
| Autor(a) principal: |
BARBOSA, Paulo Roberto Ramos
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| Orientador(a): |
TORRES, Jorge Braz |
| Banca de defesa: |
TORRES, Christian Sherley Araújo da Silva,
OLIVEIRA, José Eudes de Moraes |
| Tipo de documento: |
Dissertação
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| Tipo de acesso: |
Acesso aberto |
| Idioma: |
por |
| Instituição de defesa: |
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
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| Programa de Pós-Graduação: |
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia Agrícola
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| Departamento: |
Departamento de Agronomia
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| País: |
Brasil
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| Palavras-chave em Português: |
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| Área do conhecimento CNPq: |
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| Link de acesso: |
http://www.tede2.ufrpe.br:8080/tede2/handle/tede2/6012
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Resumo: |
The lady beetles are an outstand predatory group among the natural enemies applied as biological control agents against arthropod pests. The lady beetle Tenuisvalvae notata (Mulsant), is a predator of Pseudococcidae and recently was found on cotton plants infested with Ferrisia virgata Cockerell (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and on prickly pear infested with the false red cochineal Dactylopius opuntiae Cockerell (Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae), both in the Semiarid of Pernambuco. Thus, the performance of T. notata preying upon D. opuntiae, F. virgata and eggs of Anagasta kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) was studied. Further, the predation and reproduction when subjected to different condition of F. virgata availability and scarcity was also investigated. Although naturally collected on colonies of false red cocheneal from prickly pear, T. notata nor developed neither reproduced feeding exclusively on this pest. Likewise, eggs of A. kuehniella did not furnish development and reproduction of T. notata. On the other hand, F. virgata of different stages was successfully used as prey by larvae and adult of T. notata. Adult females of T. notata exhibited a type III functional response preying upon 1st-insar nymph of F. virgata and type II functional response when preying upon 3rd-instar and adults. Based on the functional response it is estimated predation rate of 157.8 1st-instar nymphs, 3.6 3rd-instar nymphs, and 2.2 females of F. virgata per day. Feeding on F. virgata 3rd-instar nymphs resulted in 1.23 eggs produced per each mealybug nymph consumed. However, female lady beetles subjected to prey scarcity exhibited switch on reproductive and survival output already with one day of feeding interval depicting a strong relationship of consumption, reproduction and survivorship between T. notata and F. virgata. The high performance of T. notata preying upon F. virgata and her functional response, in addition the balance of reproduction and survival showed when subjected to prey scarcity, portray T. notata as a feasible predator to control of F. virgata. |
