Resumen de Produção do parasitóide cotesia flavipes (hymenoptera: braconidae) para controle biológico da broca da cana-de-açúcar (diatraea saccharalis) (lepidoptera: crambidae)
Fabiana Ruscitti Diniz, Karoline Fernandes Rodrigues, Marta Maria Rossi
Since the introduction of Cotesia flavipes (larval parasitoid) in Brazil, in 1971, researches has been developed to obtain the best laboratorial methods of massal rearing, aiming the most important plague control in sugarcane, the sugarcane borer Diatraea saccharalis. The actual methods of massal rearing of Cotesia flavipes were verified in this work, as well as the rooms needed in a biological control laboratory, with the propitious environment to rear and maintain host (Diatraea saccharalis) and parasitoid (Cotesia flavipes) during all the year.
This work also discuss the necessity of a quality control in the beneficial insects massal rearing, as the pathogen contamination is one of the highest obstacle to get a quality product with desirable performance in field.
