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Patarroyo-Vargas AM, Merino-Cabrera YB, Zanuncio JC, Rocha F, Campos WG, de Almeida Oliveira MG. Kinetic Characterization of Anticarsia gemmatalis Digestive Serine- Proteases and the Inhibitory Effect of Synthetic Peptides. Protein Pept Lett 2018; 24:1040-1047. [PMID: 28925864 DOI: 10.2174/0929866524666170918103146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Revised: 08/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Enzyme kinetics contributes to understanding the structure and function of insect digestive serine proteases. Kinetic parameters allow to understanding active sites and mechanisms of enzymes efficacy, identifying the inhibition of the insects digestive protease system by inhibitors produced by plants, or via the application of synthetic inhibitors Objectives: The aim of this study was to purify digestive serine proteases of A. gemmatalis, determining their kinetic properties using the chromogenic substrates tripeptidyl and characterizing the effects of synthetic inhibitors on their activity. In order to provide new opportunities for sustainable pest management through the development of protease inhibitors. METHODS The enzymes were purified on p-aminobenzamidine agarose affinity column in an FPLC system using electrophoresis with 12.5% polyacrylamide gel. Michaelis-Menten constants and the inhibition model were determined according to the Dixon methodology and Lineweaver-Burk's double reciprocal. RESULTS The KM values and catalytic constants of peptide substrates show that A. gemmatalis trypsin- like has a higher affinity for substrates with arginine in the P1 position. Inhibition by Gor 3, Gor 4, and Gor 5, in the presence of L-BApNA, was linear competitive. The inhibition constant for the Gor 5 peptide was higher due to its strong interaction with hydrophobic residues in the secondary site region of A. gemmatalis trypsin-like. CONCLUSION It is observed that among the three peptides analyzed, the Gor 5 presented lower inhibition constant and therefore, the most potent among the tested ones. The predominance of hydrophobic residues in the region of the secondary site of the enzymes favored the interaction of the peptide. After characterization by three different types of graphs profiles, it is possible to verify that the inhibition model of the trypsin-like enzymes for the tested peptides is of the linear competitive type, in the concentration range of inhibitors and substrates analyzed. However, by the graphing profiles it is observed that the inhibition occurred due to the interaction of the peptides at the secondary site S2' in the hydrophobic cavity of the enzymes analyzed.
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- Adriana M Patarroyo-Vargas
- Departamento de Bioquimica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, 36570-000 Vicosa, Minas Gerais. Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquimica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, 36570-000 Vicosa, Minas Gerais. Brazil
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- Departamento de Entomologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, 36570-000 Vicosa, Minas Gerais. Brazil
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- Departamento de Entomologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, 36570-000 Vicosa, Minas Gerais. Brazil
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- Instituto de Biotecnologia aplicada a Agropecuaria, BIOAGRO-UFV, Vicosa, Minas Gerais. Brazil
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Silva PLDA, Cordeiro G, Silva CRDA, Barros RA, Silva CRDA, Zanuncio JC, Campos WG, Oliveira MGA. Does mechanical damage on soybean induces the production of flavonoids? AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2018; 90:3415-3422. [PMID: 30365711 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201820170850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The response of plants to grazing includes the production of chemical defense compounds such as proteases inhibitors and secondary metabolites as flavonoids, which makes them less palatable to feeding and negatively affecting the physiology of insects. The aim of this study was to evaluate the phytochemical response of soybean cultivars (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) resistant (IAC-17, IAC-24) and susceptible (IAC-P1) to insects after mechanical damage. These cultivars were mechanically injured, and after 24 hours samples of these plants were analyzed by HPLC to identify and quantify flavonoids. The flavonoids daidzein, quercetin, and rutin were quantified, with the highest concentration of daidzin in soybean cultivars after mechanical damage. Rutin was biosynthesized by IAC-24. The cultivars IAC-PL1, IAC-17, and IAC-24 did not show a flavonoid response to mechanical damage. The soybean cultivars are not dependent on mechanical damage to produce flavonoids.
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- Paulo Luiz DA Silva
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnologia Aplicada a Agropecuária/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Avenida Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnologia Aplicada a Agropecuária/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Avenida Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnologia Aplicada a Agropecuária/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Avenida Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnologia Aplicada a Agropecuária/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Avenida Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Campus Rio Paranaíba, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Rodovia MG 230, Km 7, 38810-000 Rio Paranaíba, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto de Biotecnologia Aplicada a Agropecuária/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Avenida Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Engenharia de Biossistemas, Campus Dom Bosco, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Praça Dom Helvécio, 74, 36301-160 São João del-Rei, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnologia Aplicada a Agropecuária/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Avenida Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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Pilon AM, Campos WG, Silva CR, Cordeiro G, Silva CR, Oliveira MGA. Protease inhibitory, insecticidal and deterrent effects of the trypsin-inhibitor benzamidine on the velvetbean caterpillar in soybean. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2018; 90:3475-3482. [PMID: 30365718 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201820180159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 03/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The recognition of protease inhibitors with insecticidal activity is important as a basis for the development of mimetic peptides with potential use as biorational insecticides. We sprayed benzamidine on soybean plants and assessed whether this potent synthetic trypsin-inhibitor has protease inhibitory, insecticidal and deterrent effects on the velvetbean caterpillar Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). Activity of trypsin inhibition in soybean leaves was increased and total proteolytic activity in the midgut extract from larvae fed on these leaves was reduced by benzamidine. Different concentrations of benzamidine sprayed on the plant caused approximately 50 % of larval mortality, and larval choice and moth preference and oviposition were all negatively affected. Low concentrations of benzamidine increased mortality and hindered insect choice and oviposition as well as higher doses. Since many synthetic protease inhibitors are usually expensive, small doses of benzamidine may be effective to protect soybean against A. gemmatalis attack. Our results highlight the potential of synthetic protease inhibitors for insecticidal and deterrent purposes in insect pest management.
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- Anderson M Pilon
- Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural, Rua Raimundo Pereira, 18A, 29615-000, Laranja da Terra, ES, Brazil
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- Departamento de Engenharia de Biossistemas, Universidade Federal de São João del Rei, Campus Dom Bosco, 36301-160, São João del Rei, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Avenida Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570‑000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Avenida Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570‑000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus Rio Paranaíba, 38810-000, Rio Paranaíba, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Avenida Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, 36570‑000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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Santos NA, Teixeira NC, Valim JOS, Almeida EFA, Oliveira MGA, Campos WG. Sulfur fertilization increases defense metabolites and nitrogen but decreases plant resistance against a host-specific insect. Bull Entomol Res 2018; 108:479-486. [PMID: 29061199 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485317001018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We tested the sulfur-modulated plant resistance hypothesis using potted cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) plants that were grown without and with increasing levels of sulfur fertilization. Changes in plant chemical traits were assessed and developmental performance of Plutella xylostella, a highly host-specific leaf-chewing insect, was followed. Leaf sulfur concentration gradually increased with growing addition of sulfur in soil; however, there was a generalized saturation response curve, with a plateau phase, for improvements in total leaf nitrogen, defense glucosinolates and insect performance. Plutella xylostella performed better in sulfur-fertilized cabbage probably because of the higher level of nitrogen, despite of the higher content of glucosinolates, which are toxic for many non-specialized insects. Despite the importance of sulfur in plant nutrition and production, especially for Brassica crops, our results showed that sulfur fertilization could decrease plant resistance against insects with high feeding specialization.
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- N A Santos
- Department of Biosystems Engineering,Federal University of São João del Rei,São João del Rei,MG, 36301-160,Brazil
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- Department of Biosystems Engineering,Federal University of São João del Rei,São João del Rei,MG, 36301-160,Brazil
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- Department of Biosystems Engineering,Federal University of São João del Rei,São João del Rei,MG, 36301-160,Brazil
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- Institute of Agricultural Science,Federal University of Minas Gerais,Montes Claros,MG, 39525-000,Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,Federal University of Viçosa,Viçosa,MG 36570-900,Brazil
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- Department of Biosystems Engineering,Federal University of São João del Rei,São João del Rei,MG, 36301-160,Brazil
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Campos WG, Teixeira NC, Valim JOS, Guedes RNC, Oliveira MGA. Bottom-Up Mechanisms Generate the Same Temporal Pattern of Attack by a Specialist and a Generalist Caterpillar on Short-Lived Plants. Environ Entomol 2016; 45:550-558. [PMID: 27106819 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvw027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The local population dynamics of insect herbivores in ephemeral patches of short-lived plants are poorly known. We investigated whether a specialist and a generalist caterpillar exhibit contrasting temporal patterns of attack during plant development and also assessed bottom-up forces related to plant ontogeny that govern such population trends. Immature stages of the polyphagous Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) and the oligophagous Plutella xylostella (L.) were sampled throughout the development of cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata L.) crops. We measured protein and glucosinolate contents and insect performance with regard to plant age and leaf strata. The populations of both caterpillar species changed in close parallel throughout plant development, and a nonlinear temporal pattern of egg laying was reproduced in sequential population patterns of the larval stages until pupation. Reduced protein availability and insect performance coincided with a decline in egg laying and subsequent larval abundance in mature plants. By standardizing the plant size, we found that young and nutritious plants support proportionately more insects than large and mature plants. In our models of the population oscillations, the interaction between plant size and quality provided a strong causal explanation for the densities of both oligophagous and polyphagous caterpillars. Patches of fast-growing herbaceous plants are very common worldwide in the form of crop fields, and a generalized temporal pattern of attack may be widespread among caterpillars, regardless of their feeding specialization. Our results highlight the role of bottom-up forces in shaping the population dynamics of caterpillars in such systems.
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- Wellington G Campos
- 1Department of Biosystems Engineering, Federal University of São João del Rei, 36302-160, São João del Rei, MG, Brazil (; ; )
- 2National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Brazil (; )
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- 1Department of Biosystems Engineering, Federal University of São João del Rei, 36302-160, São João del Rei, MG, Brazil (; ; )
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- 1Department of Biosystems Engineering, Federal University of São João del Rei, 36302-160, São João del Rei, MG, Brazil (; ; )
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- 2National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Brazil (; )
- 5Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- 2National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Brazil (; )
- 5Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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Teixeira NC, Santos NA, Maurício RM, Guedes RNC, Oliveira MGA, Campos WG. Cabbage Seasonal Leaf Quality Mediating the Diamondback Moth Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) Performance. Neotrop Entomol 2013; 42:545-551. [PMID: 27193271 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-013-0156-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2013] [Accepted: 07/16/2013] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Seasonal variation in plant quality may be intense enough to generate predictable patterns in insect herbivore populations. In order to explain seasonal oscillations in neotropical populations of the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (L.), we tested the following: (1) if nutritional quality of cabbage (Brassica oleraceae var. capitata), a primary host plant of diamondback moth, adversely affects the performance of this insect in late spring and early summer, when populations decline and go extinct, and (2) if nutritional features of cabbage change with the seasons. We measured the performance of diamondback moth reared on leaves of cabbages grown during the four seasons of the year. Summer plants proved to be worse for the survival of the immature stages and subsequent adult fecundity, but there were no significant differences between the remaining seasons. Our results support the hypothesis that short-lived plants, grown in different seasons of the year in the tropics, have different nutritional and defensive attributes. We analyzed nutritional quality of cabbage leaves from the four seasons, but only total lipids were reduced in summer plants. Neotropical populations of diamondback moth collapse before plant quality decay in the summer. If the diamondback moth is well adapted to the seasonal deterioration of the habitat, including the reduction in the quality of host plants, it is expected that emigration happens before the mortality increases and natality decreases during the summer.
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- N C Teixeira
- Depto de Engenharia de Biossistemas, Univ Federal de São João del Rei, 36301-160, São João del Rei, MG, Brasil
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- Depto de Engenharia de Biossistemas, Univ Federal de São João del Rei, 36301-160, São João del Rei, MG, Brasil
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- Depto de Engenharia de Biossistemas, Univ Federal de São João del Rei, 36301-160, São João del Rei, MG, Brasil
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- Depto de Entomologia, Univ Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brasil
- Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Interação Planta-Praga, Viçosa, MG, Brasil
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- Depto de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Univ Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brasil
- Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Interação Planta-Praga, Viçosa, MG, Brasil
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- Depto de Engenharia de Biossistemas, Univ Federal de São João del Rei, 36301-160, São João del Rei, MG, Brasil.
- Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Interação Planta-Praga, Viçosa, MG, Brasil.
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Campos WG. Photoperiodism and seasonality in neotropical population of Plutella xylostella L. (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae). Neotrop Entomol 2008; 37:365-369. [PMID: 18813737 DOI: 10.1590/s1519-566x2008000400003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2006] [Accepted: 04/18/2006] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Neotropical populations of the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella L. have seasonal cycles of growth and decrease, and moth migration plays a fundamental role in generating such population dynamics. Since the oscillation of these populations is predictable, photoperiod might operate as a signal that triggers the migratory behaviour of the insect. Migration in insects is usually preceded by reproductive diapause, a photoperiodic response that can be characterised by morphological, physiological and behavioural alterations that permit to discriminate between migratory and non-migratory forms. In this study, I tested whether the pre-imaginal and reproductive development of P. xylostella from Minas Gerais (Brazil) is affected by artificial day-lengths that are equivalent to the periods of natural population growth or decrease. No evidence of photoperiodic response was found for the insect reared in laboratory on five different constant photoperiods, from 8h to 16h of light per day. There was no significant variation in survival and duration of egg, larva, and pupa stages or in pupal weight, adult size (forewing length), fecundity, and longevity. Although some species have geographically distinct photoperiodic responses, previous assumptions that cosmopolitan P. xylostella responds to photoperiod in temperate regions was questioned. Migratory and population seasonality among neotropical populations of P. xylostella certainly occurs independently of the photoperiodic announcement of seasonal changes in habitat quality.
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Campos WG, Pereira DB, Schoereder JH. Comparação da eficiência de modelos de armadilhas de interceptação de vôo na amostragem de Hymenoptera e outros insetos. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1590/s0301-80592000000300001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Armadilhas de interceptação de vôo para insetos propostas por Townes (1972) e Masner & Goulet (1981) foram modificadas. Os modelos originais e os modificados foram comparados entre si em sua eficiência na amostragem de ordens de Insecta e famílias de Hymenoptera. O uso de bandejas pintadas na cor amarela aumentou significativamente a eficiência de captura das armadilhas de Masner & Goulet. A união, em uma única armadilha, da bandeja amarela, típica do modelo de Masner & Goulet, com o pote, típico das armadilhas Malaise, não reduziu a eficiência individual dos dois sistemas. A associação desses sistemas de captura por interceptação de vôo, mais a atratividade da cor amarela, permitiu o funcionamento, num mesmo local e ao mesmo tempo, de três técnicas que geralmente têm sido empregadas isoladamente. O resultado foi o somatório de amostras padronizadas, sem perda de eficiência individual. Um menor esforço humano é possível, porque reduz a quantidade de armadilhas. O custo financeiro também é menor, devido à economia de tecido utilizado. Como uma técnica compensa a menor eficiência da outra na captura de determinados taxa, um modelo de armadilha que associa todas elas pode ser particularmente útil em levantamentos faunísticos abrangentes.
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