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The nanotechnology, through encapsulation of active ingredients, has showed an important way to avoid problems with quickly degradation of the pesticide molecules. Thus, neem (Azadirachta indica) oil nanoformulations containing β-ciclodextrin and poli-ε-caprolactone (PCL) were tested as to their control efficiency against eggs and nymphs of Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) biotype B reared in soybean. The Lethal Concentration (LC 50 ) was estimated using a commercial neem oil (Organic Neem ® ) on firstinstar nymphs to establish the adequate volume of the nanoformulations per treatment. After that, they were sprayed on eggs and first-instar nymphs in laboratory and greenhouse and on third-instar nymphs in greenhouse. The commercial neem oil and distilled water were used as controls. Egg viability was not affected by any treatment. Among six nanoformulations, only one was efficient against the firstinstar nymphs in laboratory conditions. However, its effective period was not increased as expected. In greenhouse, first-instar nymphs were more affected by two nanoformulations which were significantly different of the commercial neem oil -the most effective one. No mortality differences among the formulations in the third-instar test were observed. The nanoformulations were less efficient to control the B. tabaci biotype B nymphs than the commercial neem oil. Key words: Whitefly, botanical pesticide, nanotechnology, β-ciclodextrin, poli-ε-caprolactone ResumoA nanotecnologia, através do encapsulamento de ingredientes ativos, tem-se revelado uma importante estratégia para evitar problemas com a rápida degradação de moléculas inseticidas. Assim, nanoformulações à base de óleo de nim (Azadirachta indica) utilizando os polímeros β-ciclodextrina e poli-ε-caprolactona (PCL) foram testadas quanto a sua eficiência de controle de ovos e ninfas de Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) biótipo B mantidas em soja. Foi estimada a CL 50 utilizando uma formulação comecial de óleo de nim (Organic Neem ® ) sobre ninfas em 1º ínstar da qual se estipulou o volume das nanoformulações a serem utilizadas por tratamento. Depois disso, os tratamentos foram aplicados sobre ovos e ninfas de 1º ínstar em laboratório e em casa de vegetação e sobre ninfas de 3º ínstar em casa de vegetação. O óleo comercial e água destilada foram utilizados como controles. A viabilidade dos ovos não foi afetada por qualquer dos tratamentos. Das seis formulações testadas, somente uma delas mostrouse eficiente para ninfas de 1º ínstar em condições de laboratório, embora não tenha apresentado aumento

MORAES CARBONELL ( 4 ); CESAR PAGOTTO STEIN ( 4 ); RAFAEL MAJOR PITTA ( 2 ); ALISSON FERNANDO CHIORATO ( 4 ) RESUMO Avaliou-se o comportamento de genótipos de feijoeiro sob a infestação de Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) biótipo B e Caliothrips phaseoli (Hood) em condições de campo, nas épocas de cultivo "de inverno", "das águas" e "da seca". Adotou-se o delineamento de blocos casualizados em esquema de parcelas sub-subdividida (19x3x6), com 19 genótipos (IAC Tybatã, IAC Una, FT Nobre, Pérola, Gen 96A98-15-3-32-1, Gen 96A45-3-51-52-1, IAC Alvorada, IAC Diplomata, Gen 96A3-P1-1-1, LP 98-122, LP 02-130, LP 01-38, LP 9979, BRS-Pontal, BRS-Requinte, BRS-Triunfo, BRS-Grafite, CV-48 e Z-28), três épocas de cultivos (inverno, águas e seca) e seis períodos de avaliação. As avaliações foram realizadas semanalmente, contando-se o número de ovos e ninfas de B. tabaci e ninfas de C. phaseoli em dez folíolos por parcela. Os genótipos IAC Una, Pérola, Gen 96A45-3-51-52-1, Gen 96A98-15-32-1, FT Nobre, IAC Tybatã, IAC Alvorada, LP 02-130, LP 01-38, LP 98-122, IAC Diplomata e Gen 96A3P1-1-1 foram menos ovipositados por B. tabaci no cultivo "das águas". Os genótipos Pérola, Gen 96A45-3-51-52-1, IAC Una, Gen 96A98-15-32-1, IAC Tybatã e FT Nobre foram menos infestados por C. phaseoli. A maior incidência de ninfas de mosca-branca ocorreu no fim de janeiro no cultivo "das águas" e início de maio no cultivo "da seca"; para tripés, foi em junho durante o cultivo "de inverno". A maior incidência da população de B. tabaci e C. phaseoli, ocorreu dos 46 aos 60 dias após a emergência das plantas. Palavras-chave:Phaseolus vulgaris, mosca-branca, tripes, resistência de plantas. ABSTRACT INFESTATION OF BEMISIA TABACI BIOTYPE B AND CALIOTHRIPS PHASEOLI ON BEAN GENOTYPESThe response of bean genotypes to infestation of Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) biotype B and Caliothrips phaseoli (Hood) in field conditions on the winter, rainy and dry seasons was evaluated. The experiment was arranged in a randomized blocks design with 19 genotypes (IAC Tybatã, IAC Una, FT Nobre, Pérola, Gen 96A98-15-3-32-1, Gen 96A45-3-51-52-1, IAC Alvorada, IAC Diplomata, Gen 96A3-P1-1-1, LP 98-122, LP 02-130, LP 01-38, LP 9979, BRS-Pontal, BRS-Requinte, BRS-Triunfo, BRS-Grafite, CV-48 and Z-28) Three crops seasons of (winter, rainy and dry seasons) and six periods of evaluations were considered. The evaluations consisted on counting eggs and nymphs of B. tabaci biotype B and nymphs of C. phaseoli in 10 leaflets per plot. The genotypes IAC Una, Pérola, Gen 96A45-3-51-52-1, Gen 96A98-15-32-1, FT Nobre, IAC Tybatã, IAC Alvorada, LP 02-130, LP 01-38, LP 98-122, IAC Diplomata e Gen 96A3P1-1-1 were the least oviposited by B. tabaci biotype B, in rainy season. The least presence of C. phaesoli was observed on Gen 96A45-3-51-52-1, IAC Una, Gen 96A98-15-32-1, IAC Tybatã and FT Nobre. The highest occurrence of whitefly nymphs was observed during rainy season and beginning of the dry season, while the thrips preferred the winter season. The highest incidence of the population of B. tabaci biotype B ...

-The velvetbean caterpillar Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner attacks peanut leaves, and the use of resistant varieties has directly contributed to ecological and economic aspects of pest control. The aim of this work was to select resistant peanut genotypes to A. gemmatalis using cluster analyses (dendogram obtained by Ward's methods and K-means) and Principal Components analysis for data interpretation. The evaluated genotypes were: IAC 5, IAC 8112, IAC 22 and IAC Tatu ST with upright growth habit, and IAC 147, IAC 125, IAC Caiapó and IAC Runner 886 with runner growth habit, and soybean genotype BR 16 as a susceptible control. The biological parameters: leaf consumption, larval (4 o instar) and pupal (24h old) weight, larval and pupal development time and adult longevity were evaluated at laboratory conditions. The genotypes IAC 147 and IAC Runner 886 were resistant to A. gemmatalis in both cluster tests, grouping apart from most of the other genotypes. Both dendrogram and K-means methods provided satisfactory biological explanation, and they can be complementary used together with Principal Component and vice-versa. These results suggest that cluster analyses may be an important statistical tool in the selection of host plant resistance.KEY WORDS: Host plant resistance, Arachis hypogea, velvetbean caterpillar, biological parameter A lagarta de Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner ataca as folhas do amendoinzeiro em todos os estádios de desenvolvimento da planta, apresentando maior atividade à noite, podendo em grandes infestações causar desfolhamento completo da cultura, incluindo a destruição dos brotos terminais, sendo considerada praga do amendoim há décadas (Sichmann 1963, Martin 1987.Diante dos danos causados pelas pragas, normalmente empregam-se inseticidas sintéticos, que proporcionam efetivo controle e, na maioria das vezes, baixo custo de utilização. Entretanto, seu efeito é local e passageiro e, devido ao uso indiscriminado, casos de resistência de insetos a inseticidas vêm ocorrendo, além de seus impactos nocivos ao agroecossistema. O uso de variedades resistentes vem colaborar, diretamente, do ponto de vista ecológico e econômico, pois a aquisição de materiais com essas características dispensa qualquer conhecimento do agricultor sobre a praga, bem como serviços extras de mão-de-obra, o que torna interessante essa forma de controle (Lara 1991).Estudos de resistência de genótipos de amendoim a pragas são limitados e, dentre eles, são encontrados trabalhos com os tripes Enneothrips fl avens (Moulton) e Frankliniella fusca (Hinds) (Gabriel et al 1996, Moraes et al 2005. Outras pragas que se destacam são as lagartas Stegasta bosquella (Chambers) e A. gemmatalis, que constituem os principais agentes de danos causados a essa cultura (Scarpellini & Nakamura 2002).Trabalhos que estudam a resistência de plantas a insetos levam em consideração diversos parâmetros da fase jovem e adulta do herbívoro; entretanto, estes são analisados individualmente por ferramentas estatísticas univariadas, apesar de tratar-se do...

Background A central challenge of DNA gut content analysis is to identify prey in a highly degraded DNA community. In this study, we evaluated prey detection using metabarcoding and a method of mapping unassembled shotgun reads (Lazaro). Results In a mock prey community, metabarcoding did not detect any prey, probably owing to primer choice and/or preferential predator DNA amplification, while Lazaro detected prey with accuracy 43–71%. Gut content analysis of field-collected arthropod epigeal predators (3 ants, 1 dermapteran, and 1 carabid) from agricultural habitats in Brazil (27 samples, 46–273 individuals per sample) revealed that 64% of the prey species detections by either method were not confirmed by melting curve analysis and 87% of the true prey were detected in common. We hypothesized that Lazaro would detect fewer true- and false-positive and more false-negative prey with greater taxonomic resolution than metabarcoding but found that the methods were similar in sensitivity, specificity, false discovery rate, false omission rate, and accuracy. There was a positive correlation between the relative prey DNA concentration in the samples and the number of prey reads detected by Lazaro, while this was inconsistent for metabarcoding. Conclusions Metabarcoding and Lazaro had similar, but partially complementary, detection of prey in arthropod predator guts. However, while Lazaro was almost 2× more expensive, the number of reads was related to the amount of prey DNA, suggesting that Lazaro may provide quantitative prey information while metabarcoding did not.

Resumo -O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o índice de adaptação e o tempo letal de populações da lagarta-do-cartucho [Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)] em milho Bt que expressa as proteínas Cry1Ab, Cry1F, Cry1A.105/Cry2Ab2 e Vip3Aa20. Três bioensaios foram conduzidos com lagartas coletadas em Inhaúma, MG, e em Sinop, MT. As lagartas dessas populações foram alimentadas com folhas de milho não Bt e Bt. As seguintes variáveis foram avaliadas: sobrevivência larval, biomassa de pupas e período de desenvolvimento larval. Em seguida, foram calculados os índices de adaptação e o tempo letal dessas populações. Para a análise do tempo letal, também foram utilizados dados de mortalidade de uma população obtida de milho Bt Cry1F em Piumhi, MG. O milho Bt Cry1Ab apresentou eficiência limitada, mas duradoura. Já os milhos Bt Cry1A.105/Cry2Ab2 e Vip3Aa20 reduziram o desempenho de S. frugiperda, respectivamente, a menos de 5 e 0%, independentemente da origem da colônia. A população originada de Sinop apresentou alto desempenho larval no milho Bt Cry1F, o que mostra sua resistência a essa proteína e certo nível de custo adaptativo. O tempo letal pode ser uma variável indicadora de evolução de resistência, pois é maior para as populações com maior adaptação.Termos para indexação: Spodoptera frugiperda, Zea mays, desempenho larval, manejo da resistência, manejo integrado de pragas, milho transgênico. Fitness index and lethal time of fall armyworm on Bt cornAbstract -The objective of this work was to evaluate the fitness index and lethal time of fall armyworm [Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)] populations on Bt corn expressing the Cry1Ab, Cry1F, Cry1A.105/Cry2Ab2, and Vip3Aa20 proteins. Three bioassays were conducted with larvae collected at the municipality of Inhaúma, in the state of Minas Gerais, and at the municipality of Sinop, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Larvae from these populations were fed with leaves of non-Bt and Bt corn. The following variables were evaluated: larval survival, pupae mass, and larval development period. Then, the fitness indexes and lethal time of these populations were calculated. For lethal time analysis, mortality data of a population collected from Cry1F Bt corn in the municipality of Piumhi, in the state of Minas Gerais, were also used. The Cry1Ab Bt corn showed a limited but durable efficiency. The Cry1A.105/Cry2Ab2 and Vip3Aa20 Bt corn reduced S. frugiperda performance, respectively, to less than 5 and 0%, regardless of the origin of the colony. The population from Sinop showed high larval performance in Cry1F Bt corn, showing its resistance to this protein and a certain level of fitness cost. The lethal time can be a variable that indicates evolution of resistance, since it is greater for populations with greater fitness.

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Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) is part of an important complex of insects-pests that attack the cotton crop. This study aimed to identify the preferential plant parts for the oviposition of moths, as well as the movement and feeding behavior of caterpillars, in the vegetative phase of the cotton cultivar BRS 369 RF. Plants emitting floral buds were used to study the oviposition behavior of moths. For this, a completely randomized design, with three treatments (adaxial and abaxial sides of the leaf and floral buds) and twenty replications (plants in pots), was used. In order to evaluate the behavior of the caterpillars in the cotton vegetative phase, another 3 × 5 factorial design, with nine replications, was used. The treatments were three ages (first, second and third instars) combined with five behaviors (walking, resting, waving, eating and drop-off). In this trial, the period of the day when caterpillars are more active was also evaluated. It was observed that H. armigera moths prefer to lay their eggs on the adaxial leaf side and on the last two nodes of the plant, in a descending direction. The adaxial leaf side is also the part of the plant preferred by caterpillars for walking, eating and resting, being this last behavior the most frequent in all instars. In general, the caterpillars walk more in the morning.