Feeding and arrestment responses of Diabrotica speciosa to cucurbitacin-content formulations

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira

Iara Cintra Arruda²  Maurício Ursi Ventura²  Ieda Spacino Scarminio¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual de Londrina Centro de Ciências Agrárias Dep. de AgronomiaLondrina PR ,Brazil

关键词: Insecta;    Coleoptera;    bait;    semiochemical;    rootworm;    Insecta;    Coleoptera;    isca;    semioquímico;    larva alfinete;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-204X2005000700003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this work was to evaluate arrestant and stimulant feeding effects on Diabrotica speciosa (Ger.), using cucurbitacin-content starch-based formulations prepared with varying starch sources, and adding potassium lignate. In a glass slide assay, the wash off resistance of formulations was compared. Potassium lignate did not improve wash off resistance. Lagenaria vulgaris L. powder, in which cucurbitacin B concentration was determined as 0.28%, was added to the most adhesive formulation. The resultant material was used in a two-choice assay in which leaves of common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L., treated with concentrations of 2.5%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% were offered to insects together with untreated control leaves. Greater number of insects and leaves consumed were found on leaves treated with cucurbitacin-content formulation (2.5%, 5% - greatest response -, 10% and 15% concentrations) than on untreated control leaves. The concentration, in which responses were higher, was sprayed in a bean field at 1,000, 1,900 and 3,000 g ha-1. Greater number of beetles was found in plots treated with the highest dosage, 3 and 6 days after spraying. Ten days after spraying, no significant differences were found among dosages, probably due to washoff of the bait.

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