IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ibn/jasjnl/v10y2024i10p267.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Predator Insect Families Associated With Melon Crop in a Semiarid Region in Brazil

Author

Listed:
  • Adriano Soares de Carvalho
  • Adrian José Molina-Rugama
  • Francisco Edivino Lopes Silva
  • Ewerton Marinho Costa
  • Elton Lucio Araujo

Abstract

Knowledge of diversity of natural enemies in agroecosystems is vital for the integrated pest management. However, surveys of beneficial insects (predators and parasitoids) in the melon crop (Cucumis melo L.) in the semiarid region in Brazil are scarce. Thus, the objective of this study was to know the families of predator insects associated with melon crop in a semiarid region in the state of Rio Grande do Norte (RN), one of the main melon producers in Brazil. The survey study was carried out in a commercial melon area, in the municipality of Baraúna (RN). The samples were collected weekly during the cycle of melon, using passive (Pitfall and Moericke traps) and active (sweep net) collection methods. A total of 13 families of predator insects were collected. The families with the highest relative abundances in the passive collection method were Labiduridae (89.53%) and Formicidae (6.91%), while in the active collection method were Chrysopidae (59.81%) and Staphylinidae (20.56%). These families contain important species of predator which can promote crop pest suppression in melon agricultural systems.

Suggested Citation

  • Adriano Soares de Carvalho & Adrian José Molina-Rugama & Francisco Edivino Lopes Silva & Ewerton Marinho Costa & Elton Lucio Araujo, 2024. "Predator Insect Families Associated With Melon Crop in a Semiarid Region in Brazil," Journal of Agricultural Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 10(10), pages 267-267, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:jasjnl:v:10:y:2024:i:10:p:267
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jas/article/download/0/0/36823/36865
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jas/article/view/0/36823
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    JEL classification:

    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ibn:jasjnl:v:10:y:2024:i:10:p:267. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Canadian Center of Science and Education (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/cepflch.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.