Strategy for the release and commercialization of the predator Orius insidiosus (say) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae)

• Grant number: 17/21550-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: April 01, 2018
• End date: March 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Plant Health
• Principal Investigator: Eliane Grisoto
• Grantee: Eliane Grisoto
• Company: Ibi Agentes Biológicos Ltda
• CNAE: Atividades de apoio à agricultura
• City: Araras
• Associated research grant: 16/00899-1 - Development of a mass rearing system of the predator Orius insidiosus (Say) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae), AP.PIPE
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/24399-6 - Strategy for the release and commercialization of the predator Orius insidiosus (say) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae), BP.TT; 18/26643-9 - Strategy for the release and commercialization of the predator Orius insidiosus (Say) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae), BP.TT; 18/24724-1 - Strategy for the release and commercialization of the predator Orius insidiosus (say) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae), BP.TT; + associated scholarships 18/15620-8 - Strategy for the release and commercialization of the predator Orius insidiosus (Say) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae), BP.TT; 18/17833-9 - Strategy for the release and commercialization of the predator Orius insidiosus (Say) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae), BP.TT; 18/07742-6 - Strategy for the release and commercialization of the predator Orius insidiosus (Say) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae), BP.PIPE - associated scholarships

Abstract

Biological control is an alternative method of pest control that uses natural and / or entomopathogenic enemies; such a method of control has been developing in a vertiginous way in the modern world, because it is less aggressive to the environment and to man, since it does not present the negative effects of pesticides. In Brazil this method of control is a reality, large areas have been treated with biological control agents, but given the proportions of agriculture practiced in Brazil, such areas represent less than 1% of the area cultivated in the country. Among the biological control agents used in Brazil are the parasitoids (Trichogramma sp. And Cotesia flavipes), the entomopathogens (Beauveria bassiana, Metarrhyzium anysoplae and Baculovirus), and the predatory agents, of which the most used belong to the subphylum Acari . Few or virtually no predatory insects are used on a commercial scale in Brazil. The present proposal will address issues for the efficient rearing and release of O. insidiosus for pest control, taking into account the oviposition substrate that best meets the demand, diapause related issues, release of the predator, as the number of release points in a given area, the number of predators at each released point, to obtain effective control and also the best conditions for the storage and commercialization of Orius insidiosus, a generalist predator already used commercially in other countries. (AU)