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

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/pat.v30i2.2579

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

Issue

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

Section

Research Article

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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], v. 30, n. 2, p. 13–15, 12 Dec.2007.