Diversidade populacional de artrópodes na cultura da abobrinha utilizando armadilhas do tipo moericke e pitfall

Abstract

The zucchini is cultivated throughout the country and widely consumed because of their nutritional characteristics and their practicality and ease of preparation. The insects have great importance in zucchini culture as these rely on insect pollination to perform Moreover, insects may cause damage to plants and fruits. This study aims to carry out an assessment of this entomofauna in the culture of zucchini during their cycle. To conduct this study, four portabella sites were deployed and during their cycle, there were three catches of arthropods with Pitfall traps and three collections with Moericke traps. Samples were collected when the plants were 18, 46 and 65 field days. In each survey was used two traps of each type totaling six traps type Pitfall six traps type Moericke. After collection, the insects were classified in terms of order. In the study, the Hymenoptera order was presented the highest amount of captured insects, totaling 631. The trap type Moericke captured greater diversity of insects in the early development of culture featuring Shannon index of 1.61. The trap Pitfall type showed greater diversity of insects when the culture was in full bloom, the Shannon index was 1.30. The traps used in the experiment were efficient in arthropods capture of Coleoptera, Collembola, Diptera, Hemiptera and Hymenoptera. The order that the largest number of individuals captured was the Hymenoptera order, this order were captured insects 631, representing 48.91% of the sampled arthropods.