Julcemar Didonet

Flutuação populacional de Pragas e seus inimigos naturais em Soja no projeto Rio Formoso - Formoso do Araguaia - TO, Brasil

This experiment was carried out at the Experimental Station of the Universidade do Tocantins in Formoso do Araguaia-TO, to study the population dinamics of soybean pests and their natural enemies. The weekly surveys were made using the plant-shaking method, in three cultivars of the medium cycle, during the period from July to October 1995, installed in a randomized block design, with four blocks. The majority of species collected ocurred in low numbers, and from the stink bug complex, only ocurred the species Piezodorus guildinii, (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae), with population peaks in the stage of grain filling. The defoliator catterpilars were found Anticarsia gemmatalis (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), Hedylepta indicata (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) and Chrysodeixis includens (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), in decrease order of the abundance. Cerotoma sp., was the most abundant defoliator beetle found in the extension of the culture development cycle, with populations peaks closely the reprodutive stage. Among the natural enemies collected, Cicloneda sanguinea (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae); Geocoris sp. (Heteroptera, Lygaeidae) and Lebia sp. (Coleoptera, Carabidae) were the most abundants.