Dinâmica populacional de mosca-negra-dos-citros (Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby, 1915) em pomares de citros em sistema agroflorestal e monocultura.

Abstract

Among the insect pests of most concern to citrus growers in the state of Pará (Brazil), the citrus blackfly, Aleurocanthus woglumi stands to cause direct or indirect damage to citrus plants, besides being a pest is present or A2 of this alert, restricting trade with other regions. Being an exotic pest, recently introduced, it lacks basic knowledge for the implementation of appropriate management in the Amazon region. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the population dynamics of blackfly in a citrus orchards from an agroforestry and monoculture plantations, using geostatistical methodology. The experimental area is located in the municipality of Capitão Poço where 12 samples were taken during the period September 2008 to October 2009, evaluating the presence or absence of the pest in orange in both production systems. The results showed that the system of agroforestry plantation had a higher incidence of plants with the presence of citrus blackfly compared with monoculture planting citrus crop, there was influence of temperature on the regulation of pest population and heavy rain reduced the number of plants with presence of A. woglumi. It was observed that the spatial distribution of the blackfly takes place predominantly in clusters with spatial dependence described by the spherical model, forming foci of 8.5 to 34m (range model) for both planting systems adopted.