PARASITISM OF BOLL WEEVIL (Anthonomus grandis) IN FLOWER BUDS OF COTTON PLANT, IN THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF GOIÂNIA-GO

Authors

  • Julio Cézar Silveira Nunes
  • Paulo Marçal Fernandes

Keywords:

Insecta, parasitism, cotton plant, Anthonomus grandis

Abstract

This work studied the indexes of parasitism of A. grandis in floral buttons of the cotton plants, collected in the soil and in the plants, in an area not treat with insecticides, located in the School of Agronomy of the Universidade Federal de Goiás, municipal district of Goiânia-GO. Floral buttons were collected with and without sign of oviparousness of the beaked ones. They presented larger parasitism occurrence in those collected in the soil. The parasites were identified as: Chelonus sp. (Microchelonus), Bracon sp. and Pteromalidae.

KEY-WORDS: Insecta; parasitism; cotton plant; Anthonomus grandis.

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Author Biography

Julio Cézar Silveira Nunes

Escola de Agronomia da Universidade Federal de Goiás, C. Postal 131, CEP.- 74001-970, Goiânia -GO.

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Published

2007-12-12

How to Cite

NUNES, J. C. S.; FERNANDES, P. M. PARASITISM OF BOLL WEEVIL (Anthonomus grandis) IN FLOWER BUDS OF COTTON PLANT, IN THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF GOIÂNIA-GO. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 30, n. 2, p. 13–15, 2007. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/2579. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.

Issue

v. 30, n. 2, Jul./Dec. 2000

Section

Research Article

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