Principales enemigos naturales de la mosca de la fruta Ceratitis capitata, Wiedemann, 1824 en cultivos de frutales en el Ecuador

Fruit crops in Ecuador increasingly increase export levels. The fruits that present white pericarp are highly commercial crops and are susceptible to attacks by mediterranean fly Ceratitis capitata. This fly causes direct damage that is related to the perforation of the fruit by the females due to oviposition, as well as the galleries formed by the larvae when feeding on the fruit. This includes direct productivity losses and increased production costs. Its control threshold is 2 males per trap/day, meaning rapid control using chemical products. There is little national literature that contributes to knowing the main natural enemies of the Mediterranean fly C. capitata. This work aims to detail the damage and describe the main families of natural enemies of C. capitata in fruit crops in Ecuador. The natural enemies reported as parasitoids of the mediterranean fly C. capitata are Doryctobracon crowfordi, Diachasmimorpha longicaudata Aceratoneuromyia indica, as predators to the bug of the genus Zelus and the wasp of the genus Vespidae. Natural biological control is a low-impact management tool for producers. For this reason, it is recommended to carry out a table of ecological life of the mediterranean fly C. capitata, in horticultural crops and futicolas in Ecuador.

• Hlavní autor: Espinoza Villafuerte, Diego Andrés (author)
• Médium: bachelorThesis
• Vydáno: 2023
• Témata: Mosca del mediterráneo; Control biologico; Manejo integrado de plagas
• On-line přístup: http://dspace.utb.edu.ec/handle/49000/13846