Atratividade de proteína hidrolisada de milho em mistura com bórax sobre moscas-das-frutas (Diptera: Tephritidae) em gaiolões de campo

Abstract

Several species of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are captured by traps baited with liquid protein food attractants. Milhocina ® is a hydrolysate of corn with acidic pH. Addition of borax can increase the pH of the solution and improve the attractive performance for adult tephritids. The objective of this work was to evaluate the attractiveness under several times of exposure of (Milhocina ® ) at 5% (v/v) by adding borax at 4, 7 and 10% in comparison with the standard commercial protein at 3% (v/v) (BioAnastrepha). Twenty pairs of 2 to 3 years old of Ceratitis capitata and 20 pairs of 1 to 3 years old of Anastrepha fraterculus were released inside of field cage (8.0 m 3 ) in the beginning of each exposure period (0 -2, 2 -4, 4 -7 e 7 -10 days). In the upper surface of each field cage, a transparent plastic McPhail trap was kept with 400 mL of attractive. After each exposure time, the adults captured were counted and sexed. Greater amounts of C. capitata adults were captured in attractive standard Bio Anastrepha. This product captured more females and males of A. fraterculus than other attractants. There were higher catches of male and female + male C. capitata than A. fraterculus in treatments with Milhocina ® . More captures of females tested tephritids catches were obtained by Milhocina ® + 4% borax and Bio Anastrepha up to 7 days of exposure of the attractants. In general, during the period of 2 -4 days of exposure, there was an increase in the attractiveness of protein solutions for females and males of C. capitata and A. fraterculus.

Non-target Insects Captured in McPhail Traps Baited with Proteinaceous and Salts in Citrus Crop

“…and C. capitata (Wied.) in McPhail traps in Brazil [12,13,14,15]. Hydrolysed protein degrades rapidly and usually requires replacement at intervals of one or two weeks.…”

Biodiversidade de moscas-das-frutas (Diptera: Tephritidae) e seus parasitóides (Hymenoptera) em plantas hospedeiras no Estado de São Paulo

“…(grupo fraterculus) e 17,0% a Lonchaeidae (Raga et al, 1996a). Em pomar de laranja 'Pera Rio' em Presidente Prudente, foram coletados em frascos caça-moscas exemplares de C. capitala e Anastrepha spp., com dominância da mosca-do-mediterrâne (94,6% dos indivíduos coletados); das nove espécies de Anastrepha identificadas pelos autores, 87, 1 % da população correspondeu a A. fraterculus (Raga et al, 1996b). Em pomar de laranja 'Pera', no município de Atibaia, situado próximo a um cafezal.…”

Estudos morfologicos e ecologicos de especies de Lonchaeidae (Diptera) em frutos de Rubiaceae, Myrtaceae, Roseae e Fabaceae

“…Uma vasta literatura mostra que sistemas agrícolas diversificados podem reduzir a incidência de pragas e/ou aumentar a atividade de inimigos naturais. As moscas frugívoras vêm assumindo grande importância econômica nos cafezais por provocarem a queda prematura dos frutos e a redução significativa da qualidade da bebida (Baeta-Neves et al, 2002;Raga et al, 1996;Torres, 2004;Souza et al, 2005).…”

“…A escolha dos frutos amostrados foi decorrente da constatação da presença de lonqueídeos. A presença de lonqueídeos em café foi relatada por Raga (1996) e Souza et al (2005) e em ingá (Freitas & Prado, 2006).…”