Comportamento de prova do pulgão-verde Schizaphis graminum (Rond.) (Hemiptera: aphididae) em plantas de trigo tratadas com silício e dimetoato

Abstract

The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of silicon and the insecticide dimetoate in the probing behavior of the greenbug Schizaphis graminum (Rond.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in wheat plants. The treatments were: 1) silicon in soil, 2) silicon in the soil plus foliar spraying, 3) silicon foliar, 4) silicon soil plus insecticide, 5) silicon in soil plus foliar and insecticide, 6) foliar spraying of silicon and insecticide, 7) insecticide and 8) untreated. The data was compared by the multifactorial analysis of variance for each one of the factors separately. The percentage data was analyzed by the test of Chi-Square. It was not verified interaction of silicon and dimetoate and, also, of the isolated effect of silicon in the probing behavior of the greenbug. However, in plants treated with the dimetoate, a larger percentage of insects presented the xylem phase and lower number of aphids reached the phloem. In general, the application of dimetoate changed the probing behavior of the S. graminum.