Toxicidade de manipueira de mandioca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) e erva-de-rato (Palicourea marcgravii St. Hill) a adultos de Toxoptera citricida Kirkaldy (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe utilization of plant extracts might be an alternative for the control of crop pests. Between the plants with insecticide potential, stands-out: Erva-de-rato (Palicourea marcgravii) and the Cassava, a byproduct of the manipueira (Manihot esculenta),common plants in the amazon region. That work had as main objective , to investigate the insecticide potential of Manihot esculenta (manipueira of cassava) and Palicourea marcgravii (erva-de-rato) on Toxoptera citricida (brown citrus aphid), in experimen…