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Provedor de dados: | 82
País: | Brazil
Título: | Association of the soil bug Atarsocoris sp. (Hemiptera: Cydnidae) with the weed Senecio brasiliensis Less
Autores: | Oliveira,Émerson D.M. de; Pasini,Amarildo; Fonseca,Inês C.B.
Data: | 2003-01-01
Ano: | 2003
Palavras-chave: | Insecta; Degraded pasture; Scaptocoris castanea; Brown burrowing bug.
Resumo: | The burrowing bugs of the family Cydnidae, among them the brown burrowing bug Atarsocoris sp., are insect pests occurring in various crops, resulting in substantial losses in areas with high populations. Atarsocoris sp. is also frequently associated with weeds. The insect was found in the roots of the plant S. brasiliensis Less in degraded pasture areas. Based on this observation, the hypothesis of a correlation between this weed plant and the insect was raised. A study was conducted in sandy soils (red latossol), in pasture areas with and without S. brasiliensis, with three treatments and 10 replicates. A positive correlation was found between the weed plant and the burrowing bug. Hence this plant is an alternative host under the conditions of the study (degraded pastures and sandy soil). The positive correlation detected allows suggesting the S. brasiliensis plant as a bio-indicator of the occurrence of this insect pests in these areas.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2003000100024
Editor: | Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil
Relação: | 10.1590/S1519-566X2003000100024
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Neotropical Entomology  v.32 n.1 2003
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess