ALENCAR, J. A. de

BARBOSA, F. R.

HAJI, F. N. P.

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Main pests for mango crop at Submiddle São Francisco River Valley

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VII International Mango Symposium, 22-27 September, 2002, Recife, Brazil.PEST MONITORING ON MANGO CROPFrancisca Nemaura Pedrosa Haji, Flávia Rabelo Barbosa and JoséAdalberto de AlencarEmbrapa Semi-Árido, C.P. 23, 56300-970, Petrolina, PE, Brazil,nemaura@cpatsa.embrapa.brIn Brazil, mango is one of the most technified crops, being animportant economical activity, mainly in the agricultural pole ofPetrolina-PE/Juazeiro-BA, situated in the São Francisco River Valley,in the Brazilian Semi-Arid region. Social demands for better livingquality have favored the use of new technologies, like FruitIntegrated Production System (FIP) that assure a rational production, agreat economy and environmental preservation. By theimplementation of FIP for mango crop, in Petrolina/Juazeiro pole, pestmonitoring, one of the basic component of integrated pestmanagement (IPM) that begun in 1989 with fruit flies, isaccomplished by periodical sampling, involving the knowledge onmango phenology, experimental design, parts and number of sampledtrees by area, action levels and pests natural enemy. Main pests formango crop at Submiddle São Francisco River Valley are: Anastrephaspp. and Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae), Erosomyiamangiferae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), Aceria mangiferae (Acari:Eriophyidae), Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)and flower microlepidoptera. For each pest, the samplingmethodology and action levels have been used in several farms of thisimportant agricultural polo for approximately two years, comprisingan area of 3,170.60 ha.Program and Abstracts 62

Pest monitoring on mango crop.

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Pest monitoring on mango crop.

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