| Title: | "Insect Rearing Techniques for Biological Control Programs, a Component of Sustainable Agriculture in Brazil" |
| Address: | "Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ), Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Av. Padua Dias, 11, Piracicaba 13418-900, SP, Brazil" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2075-4450 (Print) 2075-4450 (Electronic) 2075-4450 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "This article describes the importance of rearing insects, whether on a small scale for research or a large scale for mass rearing, for use in biological control (BC) programs with macro-organisms. These inter- or multidisciplinary research programs are necessarily long-term and depend on rearing techniques for their complete development. Some successful examples of BC in Brazil are presented, including case studies of Trichogramma spp. These required broad bioecological studies that provided the basis for both mass rearing and transfer of the necessary technology to farmers. This has allowed Brazil to occupy a leadership position in biological control in 'Open Fields'. For example, about three million ha are being treated with Trichogramma galloi (a native parasitoid), and about three and a half million ha with Cotesia flavipes (an exotic parasitoid) to control Diatraea saccharalis, the sugarcane borer. These natural enemies are produced by commercial firms, or by laboratories in sugar and alcohol plants themselves, in the case of C. flavipes" |
| Keywords: | agriculture 4.0 eco-friendly technology sustainability; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEParra, Jose Roberto Postali Coelho, Aloisio Jr eng FAPESP 2014/50871-0/CNPq 465511/2014-7/National Institute of Science and Technology Semiochemicals in Agriculture (INCT)/ 2018/02317-5/Sao Paulo Advanced Research Center for Biological Control (SPARCBIO)/ Review Switzerland 2022/01/22 Insects. 2022 Jan 17; 13(1):105. doi: 10.3390/insects13010105" |
