Atividade de acaricidas sobre o Ácaro-da-leprose, Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes) (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) e sobre artrópodes benéficos na cultura dos citros

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Hábito alimentar e morfologia do aparelho digestivo de espécies de Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) associados a plantas herbáceas e ao algodoeiro colorido

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Entomologia Agrícola) - FCAV

Influence of Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) on the Use of the Most Abundant and Attractive Floral Resources in a Plant Community

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Leaf synchrony and insect herbivory among tropical tree habitat specialists

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Diversidade e abundância de artrópodes predadores associados a diferentes cultivares de algodoeiro

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) e seus inimigos naturais em Pinus taeda e caracterização morfológica de Deladenus siricidicola

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Entomologia Agrícola) - FCAV

Population dynamics of Aceodromus convolvuli (Acari: Mesostigmata: Blattisociidae) on spontaneous plants associated with Jatropha curcas in central Brazil

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Effects of cotton cultivars differing in gossypol content on the quality of Aphis gossypii as prey for two species of Coccinellidae

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Biologia e ecologia comportamental da vespa eussocial primitiva Mischocyttarus (Megacanthopus) parallelogrammus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Biological control of phytophagous arthropods in the physic nut tree Jatropha curcas L. in Brazil

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Costs and benefits of reproducing under unfavorable conditions: an integrated view of ecological and physiological constraints in a cerrado shrub

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Interactions of Bacillus thuringiensis bioinsecticides and the predatory stink bug Podisus nigrispinus to control Plutella xylostella

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Frequência fenotípica de asas e olhos ao longo de gerações em populações de laboratório de chrysoperla externa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)

In massal rearing of natural enemies with the goal of biological control, the procedures adopted for establishment and maintenance of the individual founders of the colonies may have undesirable effects on population genetic structure of laboratory. This situation influences the success of rearing and effectiveness in the field. The objective of this study was to evaluate, along of generations two laboratory populations (Jaboticabal and Piracicaba) of Chrysoperla externa (Hagen) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), founded with different numbers of adults (1, 5, 10, 15 and 20 couples), the frequency of morphological variants, size of wings and eye color, such as parameters for inferences about the homozygosity degrees. For eye color were assessed the frequency, while for the size of wings was measured the width and the length of the right mesothoracic wings. The eye color variants for C. externa populations may be monitored in the laboratory aiming at detecting inbreeding, whereas the measurements of length and width of wings should not be adopted for this purpose.

Parasitismo de Trichogramma pretiosum Riley, 1879 (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) em diferentes hospedeiros e cores de cartelas

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Cytotoxic effects of neem oil in the midgut of the predator Ceraeochrysa claveri

Studies of morphological and ultrastructural alterations in target organs have been useful for evaluating the sublethal effects of biopesticides regarded as safe for non-target organisms in ecotoxicological analyses. One of the most widely used biopesticides is neem oil, and its safety and compatibility with natural enemies have been further clarified through bioassays performed to analyze the effects of indirect exposure by the intake of poisoned prey. Thus, this study examined the cellular response of midgut epithelial cells of the adult lacewing, Ceraeochrysa claveri, to neem oil exposure via intake of neem oil-contaminated prey during the larval stage. C. claveri larvae were fed Diatraea saccharalis eggs treated with neem oil at concentrations of 0.5%, 1% and 2% throughout the larval stage. The adult females obtained from these treatments were used at two ages (newly emerged and at the start of oviposition) in morphological and ultrastructural analyses. Neem oil was found to cause pronounced cytotoxic effects in the adult midgut, such as cell dilation, emission of cytoplasmic protrusions, cell lysis, loss of integrity of the cell cortex, dilation of cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, swollen mitochondria, vesiculated appearance of the Golgi complex and dilated invaginations of the basal labyrinth. Epithelial cells responded to those injuries with various cytoprotective and detoxification mechanisms, including increases in cell proliferation, the number of calcium-containing cytoplasmic granules, and HSP 70 expression, autophagic processes and the development of smooth endoplasmic reticulum, but these mechanisms were insufficient for recovery from all of the cellular damage to the midgut. This study demonstrates that neem oil exposure impairs the midgut by causing sublethal effects that may affect the physiological functions of this organ, indicating the importance of studies of different life stages of this species and similar species to evaluate the safe and compatible integrated use of biopesticides.