A5057794900- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Study of Mite Species
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Coconut Research and Applications
- Date Palm Research Studies
- Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Hemiptera Insect Studies
- Research on scale insects
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
2016-2024
Steneotarsonemus concavuscutum lives under the perianth of coconut fruits and causes necrosis, deformation, resinous lesions, fruit abortion. Its colony develops in a shelter floral bracts fruits, which provides protection against biotic (e.g., predation) abiotic factors high temperature humidity variations influences from raindrops). However, these characteristics limit biological studies because prevent observation mites during their development. Aceria guerreronis also grows on has been...
Tarsonemids are mites that can damage coconut fruits, leading to losses in crop yield and quality. In this study, a survey of tarsonemid species associated predatory underneath the perianth was carried out on palms cultivated along coast northeastern Brazil, their spatial distribution studied one cultivations, fruits different ages, subsidize monitoring management pest species. Samples ages were collected from cultivation sites 9 states, with ranging few km maximum 100 apart another. Three...
The red palm mite (RPM), Raoiella indica Hirst (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), is an invasive species in several American countries and has a wide range of hosts, causing significant damage, mainly to coconut banana crops. Previous studies conducted America have focused on the biological control RPM through predatory mites insects. Stethorus tridens Gordon (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) considered promising biocontrol agent phytophagous it been observed cultures, high capacity. aim this study was...
Living organism is exposed to the influence of various environmental conditions. These conditions can trigger stress and compromise fitness organism. As living organisms, phytoseiid mites are frequently a range stressors. In present study, we attempted explore responses Neoseiulus baraki factors (temperature humidity). Initially, effect different temperature (18–33 °C) relative humidity (10–95%) levels on survivorship unfed N. females was evaluated. Next, estimated walking parameters...
Predictive models based on diagrammatic scales of damage have been developed to estimate the population density Aceria guerreronis, an important coconut pest. Steneotarsonemus concavuscutum colonizes same habitat as A. guerreronis and causes similar lesions fruits. The present study aims evaluate possibility using predictive for S. populations. Fruits infested by were collected evaluated according Galvão et al. (2008) Sousa (2017). All active forms accounted for. Graphical statistical...