%0 Journal Article
%T The bagging of Annona crassiflora fruits to control fruit borers
%A Leite
%A Germano Le£¿o Demolin
%A Souza
%A Manoel Ferreira
%A Souza
%A Patr¨ªcia Nery Silva
%A Fonseca
%A M¨¢rcia Michelle
%A Zanuncio
%A Jos¨¦ Cola
%J Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy
%D 2012
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4025/actasciagron.v34i3.14713
%X the objective of this work was to evaluate the use of plastic bags to protect the fruits of annona crassiflora (annonaceae) against cerconota sp. (lepidoptera: oecophoridae). as protection against this fruit-boring insect, 100 fruits were enclosed in plastic bags. another 100 fruits were not bagged. the fruits were selected from the following five ranges of diameters: 1 = 0.5 - 1.99; 2 = 2.00 - 3.99; 3 = 4.00 - 7.90; 4 = 8.00 - 11.90; and 5 = 12.00 - 16.00 cm. the bagged fruits of various diameters were attacked less frequently by the pest. the bagged fruits with a diameter of less than two cm were not attacked. the percentage of fruits attacked and the number of larvae/fruit increased as the diameter of fruits increased in both treatments. the bagged fruits initially less than two cm in diameter showed the greatest final diameter and height.
%K araticum
%K cerconota sp.
%K plastic bag
%K cultural control.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1807-86212012000300004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en