Factors of natural mortality of Coccus viridis in coffee / Fatores de mortalidade natural de Coccus viridis em cafeeiro

AUTOR(ES)

Jander Fagundes Rosado

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

Coccus viridis (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccidae) is insect pest of coffee, especially in stand density in plantations. Despite the importance of C. viridis as peste coffee at the moment do not know the critical stage of their life cycle and the key factor governing mortality of their populations. The aim of this study was to determine the factors of natural mortality of C. viridis in coffee as well as determine the critical stage and key factor of mortality of their life cycle. The mortality and its causes were monitored daily in the development stages of C. viridis until the scales become reproductive females. We constructed eight scales of ecological life to C. viridis during the years of 2004 to 2006 in coffee. The total mortality of C. viridis was 96.08% and 70.47 occurred, 54.16, 53.31 and 38.06% in the first, second and third instars and adulthood. The factors of mortality of C. viridis were rainfall, parasitism, predation, and drop-leaf fungus Lecanicillium lecanii. Predation is important in all stages of C. viridis, with marginal mortality 28.76, 23.31, 17.96 and 19.03% for nymphs of the first, second, third instar and adults. The younger stages of C. viridis were more affected by parasitism with mortality of 31.86 (first instar) and 25.16% (second instar). But the fungus L. lecanii caused higher mortality in more advanced stages of C. viridis, with 15.99 and 12.07% in the third instar nymphs and adults. The fall of leaves caused high mortality in all immature stages of C. viridis, with mortality of 34.64, 11.91 and 15.99% for nymphs of the first, second and third instars. The critical level of mortality of C. viridis was the second-instar nymphs. The key factor of mortality was the action of parasitoids on second-instar nymphs, followed by deaths caused by falling leaves and rain of this instar.

ASSUNTO(S)

coccus viridis tabela de vida coccus viridis life scales insect pests coffea arabica entomologia agricola cochonilha coffea arabica

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