Monitoramento de insetos em pomares de manga, pinha e goiaba na fazenda experimental do CCTA/UFCG.

Abstract

Monitoring insect pest and natural enemy populations is essential in pest management programs, allowing the monitoring of the occurrence, infestation and damage caused by pests, aiding in decision-making on whether or not to adopt control measures. The Rolando Enrique Rivas Castellón Experimental Farm, which belongs to the Center for Agro-Food Science and Technology (CCTA) of the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), has several orchards and chemical pest control is constantly required. There is currently no insect monitoring system established on site. Therefore, it is essential to develop and establish a constant system for monitoring these pests in the orchards, especially the mango, pineapple and guava fruit trees. Therefore, the objective was to monitor insects in mango, guava and pineapple crops at the Rolando Enrique Rivas Castellón Experimental Farm of the CCTA/UFCG. Monitoring was carried out through weekly collections in McPhail traps for mango and guava crops, and direct sampling on plants for sugar apple crops. In the mango orchard, 2,362 insects were collected, distributed in the families Sarcophagidae, Muscidae, Drosophilidae, Formicidae, Lonchaeidae and Calliphoridae. In the guava orchard, 1,531 insects were collected, distributed in the families Sarcophagidae, Muscidae, Calliphoridae, Chrysomelidae and Apidae (species Apis mellifera). In the sugar apple orchard, the families Noctuidae, Reduviidae, Formicidae, Drosophilidae, Cerambycidae, Aleyrodidae, Vespidae and Coccidae were identified. During monitoring, the following families of agricultural importance were identified: Formicidae, Drosophilidae and Lonchaeidae, in mango crops, Chrysomelidae and Apidae in guava crops and Coccidae, Aleyrodidae, Formicidae, Vespidae and Cerambycidae in pineapple crops.