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Title: Spatial and temporal dynamics of coffee-leaf-miner and predatory wasps in organic coffee field in formation
Other Titles: Dinâmica espacial e temporal do bicho-mineiro do cafeeiro e da vespa predadora em plantação de café orgânico em formação
Keywords: Cafeeiro - Bicho-mineiro
Vespas predadoras
Coffee-leaf-miner
Predatory wasps
Issue Date: Apr-2011
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Citation: SCALON, J. D.; AVELAR, AVELAR, M. B. L.; ALVES, G. de F.; ZACARIAS, M. S. Spatial and temporal dynamics of coffee-leaf-miner and predatory wasps in organic coffee field in formation. Ciência Rural, Santa Maria, v. 41, n. 4, p. 646-652, abr. 2011.
Abstract: The coffee production is an economic mainstay for many countries in the world. Brazil is the world's largest producer and exporter of coffee, being responsible for about 25% of the world production. It is well known that coffee plantations are susceptible to more than 850 fungal and insect pests. Among these pests, the most important significant throughout Brazil is the coffee-leaf-miner, [Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Mèneville & Perrottet, 1842) (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae)]. It is estimated that the loss in yield due to infestation by L. coffeella moths can increase to as much as 80% in areas where the coffee-leaf-miner larvae are not controlled. Though it is effective, the chemical control of the pest substantially increases the cost of production and constitutes a risk to the environment. The knowledge about the spatial-temporal dynamics of coffee-leaf-miner and predatory wasps may provide valuable information about the biological management pest context. One way to investigate the spatial-temporal synchronism of predator and prey is to calculate and compare an index of spatial randomness within a sequence time. This paper advocates using the Morisita's index, coupled with the bootstrap method, in a temporal sequence to characterize the spatial- temporal dynamics of coffee-leaf-miner and predatory wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in one hectare of an organic coffee plantation. The results showed that coffee-leaf-miner and predatory wasps presented a seasonal behavior with a temporal synchronism. The results also showed that both new and preyed mines were aggregated during the peak population (dry season). There was little evidence for space-time interaction between coffee-leaf-miner and predatory wasps.
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