INSETICIDA REGULADOR DE CRESCIMENTO NO CONTROLE Do GORGULHO-AQUÁTICO-DO-ARROZ Oryzophagus oryzae (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE)
Abstract
Palavras-chave: Oryza sativa, pulverização foliar, controle integrado, métodos de aplicação.
ABSTRACT
The rice water weevil Oryzophagus oryzae (Costa Lima, 1936) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is the major insect pest on flooded rice crop due to the damage caused by the larvae in the roots. The control of the insect has been made basically through chemical insecticides, applied to the seeds of rice or in irrigated water for the control of larvae. The foliar sprays it is also an efficient tactics of control, could be accomplished through insect growth regulator (IGR) which present some comparative advantages, such as: larger selectivity to natural enemies, with more restricted action spectrum, low mammalian toxicity and vertebrates, fast photodegraded and dissipation and nonpersistent sediment residues. In this context, it was aimed to evaluate the efficiency of the IGR diflubenzuron (Micromite® 240 SC), in different dosages and foliar sprays (FS), in days after the irrigation (DAI), in the control of O. oryzae. Two experiments were conducted under field conditions, one in 1999/2000 and the other in 2000/2001. Variable dosages of the IGR were considered of 144 to 240 g a.i.ha-1, in FS of the 3 to 9 DAI. The following parameters were evaluated: mortality of larvae, in two evaluation times, and yields. Among other discussed aspects, it was ended that the diflubenzuron is efficient in the control of O. oryzae in the dosage of 180 to 240 g a.i.ha-1 when sprayed between 3 and 6 DAI.
Key-words: Oryza sativa, foliar sprays, integrated control, applications methods.