Capacity of earwig Marava arachidis (Yersin) to access fennel plants Foeniculum vulgare Mill in laboratory and field

Ciência Rural

Charles Ira Abramson²  Paulo Alves Wanderley¹  Alexandre José Soares Miná¹  Maria José Araújo Wanderley¹ 

[1] ,Oklahoma State University Department of Psychology Stillwater OK ,USA

关键词: biological control;    Dermaptera;    aphids;    Umbeliferae;    controle biológico;    Dermaptera;    afídeos;    Umbeliferae;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-84782007000600003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This research was aimed at obtaining data about earwig behavior (Marava arachidis Y.) on fennel agro-ecosystems and evaluating its potential capacity to access plants in the absence of aphids under laboratory and field conditions. This study establishes a baseline to evaluate earwigs as biological controls to combat aphids that attack fennel plants. Two experiments were developed. In experiment 1, earwigs were studied under laboratory conditions, in experiment 2 under field conditions. Independent variables were sex, exposure to the essential oil of fennel for 24 or 48 hours, and whether the fennel plant was vegetative or flowering. The results indicated that earwigs will climb a fennel plant in the absence of aphids and that few statistical significant results were obtained among the independent variables examined. A difference between male and females was noted in the field experiment in animals receiving 48 h of exposure to the essential oil of fennel. The terminal height reached by males and females in the 48 h vegetative and flower condition also differed.

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