Gustavo Rossato Busato

Consumo e Utilização de Alimento por Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Originária de Diferentes Regiões do Rio Grande do Sul, das Culturas do Milho e do Arroz Irrigado

The goal of this work was to determine by means of consumption and utilization of natural food, the existence of strains of Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)in different areas of corn and irrigated rice in Rio Grande do Sul. Four populations were collected: one in Santa Rosa, traditional area of corn cropping; one in Uruguaiana, traditional area of rice; and two in Pelotas, where corn and rice are planted side by side. In the laboratory, 20 larvae were individualized (second generation) and kept in petri dishes, in BOD, at 25oC temperature, 70 ± 10% RH and 14h photophase. The larvae were fed on leaves of their respective hosts, hybrid of corn BRS 8330 and the cultivar of irrigated rice Embrapa 6-Chui. The leaves of both hosts were submitted to bromatological analysis. The dry weight of the larva at maximum development, food consumed and feces eliminated were determined and the nutritional ratios were calculated: relative consumption ratio (RCR), relative metabolic ratio (RMR), relative growth ratio (RGR), approximate digestibilidade (AD), efficiency of conversion of ingested food (ECI), efficiency of conversion of digested food (ECD) and the metabolic cost (100 - ECD). Rice was more suitable as food for S. frugiperda; it was ingested in smaller amount, presented smaller 100 - ECD and larger ECI and ECD. A strong possibility of existence of two strains of S. frugiperda is evidenced in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, the corn and rice strains, which are morphologically similar but physiologically different.

Susceptibilidade de lagartas dos biótipos milho e arroz de Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) a inseticidas com diferentes modos de ação

The objective of this work was to evaluate the susceptibility of caterpillars of the biotypes corn and rice of Spodoptera frugiperda, to insecticides with different action manners. The insects were collected in corn and in irrigated rice in the lowland, county of Pelotas, area that produces corn and irrigated rice (side by side). The experiments were conducted, in controlled conditions of temperature (25 ± 1°C), relative humidity (70 ± 10%) and photophase (14 hours), with leaves of the corn hybrid Pionner 30F33 (40 days after the emergency). The leaves were powdered in Potter tower gauged for application of a volume of 1.7 ± 0.305mg cm-2, they were put in containers of plastics with cover, and individualized 25 caterpillars of 3rd instar of each biotype of S. frugiperda. The insecticides and concentrations evaluated were: chlorpyrifos [Lorsban 480 BR, 0.960g a.i. L-1 (Chlorophosphate)], lambda-cyhalothrin [Karate Zeon 50 CE, 0.003g a.i. L-1 (synthetic Piretroid)], lufenuron [Match CE, 0.006g a.i. L-1 (Acilureis)], methoxyfenozide [Intrepid 240 SC, 0.158g a.i. L-1 (Diacylhydrazine)] and spinosad [Tracer, 0.960g a.i. L-1 (Naturalyte)]. The evaluation of the mortality was accomplished 24, 48, 72, 96 and 120 hours after the treatment. The biotype corn of S. frugiperda was less susceptible to the insecticides lambda-cyhalothrin, lufenuron and methoxyfenozide. The insecticides chlorpyrifos and spinosad were efficient in the control of the caterpillars of the biotypes corn and rice of S. frugiperda.

Consumo e utilização de alimento por Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) em duas temperaturas

Conduziu-se este trabalho com o objetivo de determinar, mediante medidas de consumo e utilizacao de alimento, a temperatura mais adequada para a criacao de Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. SMITH, 1797) em dieta artificial. Foram individualizadas 50 lagartas em recipientes de vidro de 2,5 cm de diâmetro x 8,5 cm de altura, mantidos a 25 ± 1oC e 28 ± 1oC, com umidade relativa de 70 ± 15% e fotofase 14 horas. Foram determinados, com base em materia seca, o peso seco da lagarta no maximo desenvolvimento, do alimento consumido e das fezes eliminadas, e calculados os indices nutricionais: taxa de consumo relativo (RCR), taxa metabolica relativa (RMR), taxa de crescimento relativo (RGR), digestibilidade aproximada (AD), eficiencia de conversao do alimento ingerido (ECI), eficiencia de conversao do alimento digerido (ECD) e custo metabolico (100-ECD). Considerando que o peso das lagartas no maximo desenvolvimento foi similar nas duas temperaturas, a 28oC houve maior ECI e ECD e um menor 100-ECD e, consequentemente, as lagartas de S. frugiperda consumiram uma menor quantidade de alimento, reduzindo a duracao da fase larval. Assim, em laboratorio, a temperatura de 28oC e a mais adequada para manutencao de S. fru giperda em dieta artificial.

ADEQUAÇÃO DE UMA DIETA ARTIFICIAL PARA OS BIÓTIPOS "MILHO" E "ARROZ" DE SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) ( 1 )

Spodoptera frugiperda is considered one of the main pest in corn and irrigated rice (fall armyworm) crops, causing high leaf losses. The objective of this study was to obtain an appropriate artificial diet to rear the biotypes “corn” and “rice” of S. frugiperda in laboratory. The insects were collected in areas cultivated with corn and irrigated rice in the meadow ecosystem and the identification was accomplished by the analysis of the DNA genomic. The development of the two biotypes was accompanied on Greene’s diet and the same diet modified to 25 ± 1oC, UR of 70 10% and fotofase of 14 hours. The study was accomplished with 150 larvae by diet individualized in glass tubes containing artificial diet. At emergency 20 couples were individualized and fed with aqueous solution of honey to 10%. The Greene diet made possible better development of the two biotypes, providing larger development speed, larger weight of larvae in the maximum development, weight of pupas and total fecundity, besides higher values of the net reproductive rates, intrinsic and finite rates of increase.