Α-COPAENE AS POSSILBLE CAIROMONE FROM BANANA PSEUDOSTEM AS AN ATTTACTION COMPOUND OF Cosmopolites sordidus

Authors

  • Iara Maria dos Santos Costa Universidade Federal de Alagoas
  • André Luiz Beserra Galvão Universidade Federal de Alagoas
  • Wander Gustavo Botero Universidade Federal de Alagoas
  • Daniela Cavalcanti de Medeiros Furtado Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Keywords:

PHEROMONES, BEHAVIORAL CONTROL, NATURAL CHEMISTRY, NATURAL PRODUCTS

Abstract

ABSTRACT Cosmopolites sordidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), popularly known as banana borer, is considered a key pest of banana tree (Musa spp.), and occurs in all regions of Brazil. Damage can occur in both pseudostem and rhizome of the plant, reducing production by up to 90%. For their control, the use of insecticides and attractive bait from pseudostem pieces is indicated, however, these methods have shown limited efficacy. The use of semiochemicals has shown to be an efficient way to control pest species within Integrated Pest Management (IPM). The volatiles were captured in the field at Fazenda Bonsucesso, in the city of Coruripe / AL, and the prosprection of volatile organic compounds from parts of the banana plant was performed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, performed at the Natural Resources Research Laboratory - Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology - IQB, at Federal University of Alagoas - UFAL - Campus A.C. Simões - Maceió / AL. α-copaene was identified. Studies indicate that α-copaene has been effective as an attractive to some beetles and other insects, either alone or in a mixture. Therefore, this paper aims to identify in the literature the use of α-copaene as an alternative for monitoring and / or control of C. sordidus.

Author Biography

Iara Maria dos Santos Costa, Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Graduanda em Agronomia pela Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Published

2019-10-19

How to Cite

Costa, I. M. dos S., Galvão, A. L. B., Botero, W. G., & Furtado, D. C. de M. (2019). Α-COPAENE AS POSSILBLE CAIROMONE FROM BANANA PSEUDOSTEM AS AN ATTTACTION COMPOUND OF Cosmopolites sordidus. Caderno Verde De Agroecologia E Desenvolvimento Sustentável, 9(5), b–45. Retrieved from https://gvaa.com.br/revista/index.php/CVADS/article/view/7191