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Diversidade de microsporídeos (Microsporidia) em cochonilhas (Homoptera; Pseudococcidae; Planococcus citri) praga de citrinos

Authors: Góis, Lúcia Alexandra Porto;

Diversidade de microsporídeos (Microsporidia) em cochonilhas (Homoptera; Pseudococcidae; Planococcus citri) praga de citrinos

Abstract

A cochonilha-algodão, Planococcus citri (Risso, 1813) é uma das pragas-chave dos citrinos em Portugal. A luta biológica contra esta praga apesar de, largamente desenvolvida em inúmeros programas a nível mundial, nunca recorreu a entomopatogéneos. Entre estes, os Microsporidia (Filo Microspora) constituem importantes factores de regulação das populações de insectos e poder-se-ão revelar fulcrais no controlo de certas populações-praga. No entanto, são necessários estudos sobre a sua diversidade e interacção com os hospedeiros e capacidade de utilização em controlo biológico. A importância da citricultura em Portugal e na Bacia do Mediterrâneo em geral, o prejuízo que as explosões populacionais de cochonilha-algodão aí provocam, e o provável controlo biológico atribuído aos microsporídeos, representaram o cerne deste trabalho. Assim, este apresenta-se como preliminar no rastreio e descrição da fauna de Microsporidia patogéneos de Planococcus citri, para daí se poderem tirar conclusões do ponto de vista de limitação natural e controlo biológico das populações, e contribuir para uma gestão mais sustentada dos recursos em meio agrícola. Ao verificar-se a ausência de espécies do Filo Microsporidia em Planococcus citri, este trabalho enfatiza a descrição de um protocolo metodológico inédito que, aperfeiçoado, possibilite ser utilizado na identificação deste grupo de patogéneos no hospedeiro Planococcus citri em estudos futuros

The citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso, 1813) is one of the key-pests of Portuguese citrus orchards. Biological control used against this pest species, in spite of widespread in several worldwide programs has never used entomopathogens. Among these, the Microsporidia (Phyllum Microspora) are important regulators of insect populations and may reveal to be keystones in the refrain of some pest populations. However, we still lack studies concerning their diversity and interaction with their hosts and their ability to be used in biological control. The importance of citriculture in Portugal and the Mediterranean Basin, the adverse effects of citrus mealybug population explosions in this crop and the probable biological control attributed to microsporidia are in the origin of this work. Therefore, it comes as preliminary in the screening and description of the Microsporidia fauna parasitizing Planococcus citri, in order to take conclusions about the natural limitation and biological control of these populations, contributing towards a more sustainable management of resources in agriculture environments. Despite the absence of microsporidian species found in Planococcus citri during this work, its outputs are keystone in the establishment of an original protocol which, enhanced, may be used in the future in the identification of this group of pathogens on the host Planococcus citri

Tese de mestrado em Ecologia e Gestão Ambiental, apresentada à Universidade de Lisboa, através da Faculdade de Ciências, 2008

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Portugal
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Entomologia, Teses de mestrado, Pragas

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