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FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST
Volume 97, Issue 2, Pages 555-561Publisher
FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1653/024.097.0229
Keywords
alternative control; botanical insecticide; defoliator; soybean; velvetbean caterpillar
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnolgico (CNPq)
- Coordenaao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
- Fundacao de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG
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The velvetbean caterpillar, Anticarsia gemmatalis Hubner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is the most important defoliator of soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill, Fabaceae) crops in Brazil. Early-instar caterpillars of this pest are the main target of control. The objective of this work was to evaluate the toxicity of a commercial product, Bioneem (R) [neem oil (Azadirachta indica A. Juss., Meliaceae)], sprayed on A. gemmatalis caterpillars. Bioneem (R) was sprayed on soybean plants and 3 h later specific branches were enclosed by organza bags in a greenhouse with third-instar A. gemmatalis caterpillars. Ten replications with 80 caterpillars were used per treatment. The mortalities of A. gemmatalis caterpillars (mean 3rd to 6th instars) was 3.17, 7.18, 5.00, 11.25, 16.74, and 18.15%, whereas the respective mortalities of the pupae obtained from treated the caterpillars were 20.57, 22.79, 29.64, 39.16, 51.50, and 59.17%. The viabilities until the pre-pupal stage were 76.26, 70.03, 65.36, 49.59, 31.76, and 22.68% with 2.5, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25% of the neem oil, respectively. The larval stage of this pest (3rd instar to pre-pupa) lasted longer in the 20% neem oil treatment than at the other rates, but its longevity was not affected. Anticarsia gemmatalis pupae presented developmental interruptions and anomalies at all concentrations of neem oil. The commercial product Bioneem (R) (neem oil) can therefore be used as a suitable alternative to synthetic insecticides to control A. gemmatalis.
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