As moscas-das-frutas (Diptera: Tephritidae) são as principais pragas da fruticultura no mundo, pelos danos que ocasionam diretamente e indiretamente e pela facilidade de adaptação. O manejo das moscas-das-frutas através do monitoramento da população com diferentes substâncias atrativas mais eficientes é de suma importância. Assim, o objetivo com este trabalho foi avaliar a eficiência da inclusão do acetato de amônia em diferentes concentrações nas soluções compostas de proteína hidrolisada de milho e açúcares. O experimento 1 foi realizado em pomar de goiaba durante 7 semanas e avaliadas 6 soluções atrativas: Isca Samaritá® Tradicional (5%), Isca Samaritá® Tradicional + 3% de acetato de amônia (5% + 3%), Isca Samaritá® Tradicional + 5% de acetato de amônia (5% + 5%), Isca Samaritá® Tradicional + 7% de acetato de amônia (5% + 7%), Melaço (7%) e pastilhas de torula (1%). O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o casualizado em blocos com 6 tratamentos e 4 repetições. As armadilhas utilizadas foram do tipo McPhail. As trocas eram feitas a cada 7 dias. Não houve diferença para o total de moscas-das-frutas capturadas pelas soluções de torula e Isca Samaritá® Tradicional + 3% e 7% de acetato de amônia, sendo as mais atrativas. Também não houve diferença na captura de fêmeas de moscas-das-frutas para os atrativos torula e Isca Samaritá® Tradicional + 3% de acetato de amônia. Para insetos úteis e inimigos naturais as soluções com melaço e torula foram as menos seletivas. Com a adição de acetato de amônia foi possível verificar um aumento considerável na atratividade em relação ao produto comercial, principalmente no primeiro dia após a instalação no campo. A solução Isca Samaritá® Tradicional + 3% de Acetato de Amônia foi selecionada como o atrativo com melhor custo/benefício com adição de acetato de amônia testado e avaliado a eficiência da atratividade no experimento 2 comparando com Isca Samaritá® Tradicional (5%), Melaço (7%) e pastilhas de torula (1%). Utilizou-se a metodologia de marcação-liberação-recaptura de A. fraterculus estéreis. A dispersão foi monitorada a partir de um ponto central de liberação nas direções cardeais e colaterais utilizando armadilhas McPhail. A direção de dispersão através da análise circular exposta pelo Rose Diagram, identificou que as maiores frequências de recaptura foram nas posições onde se encontravam a torula e a Isca Samaritá® Tradicional + 3% de acetato de amônia. / The fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are the main pests of fruit crops in the world, due to the direct and indirect damage that its causes and easy of adaptation. The management of the fruit flies through population monitoring with different attractive substances more efficient is very important. The objective with this study was to evaluate the efficiency of the inclusion of ammonium acetate at different concentrations in the solutions composed of corn hydrolysed protein and sugars. The experiment 1 was conducted in guava orchard during seven weeks and evaluated 6 attractives solutions: Isca Samaritá® Traditional (5%), Isca Samaritá® Traditional + 3% ammonium acetate (5% + 3%), Isca Samaritá® Traditional + 5% ammonium acetate (5% + 5%), Isca Samaritá® Traditional + 7% of ammonium acetate (5% + 7%), molasses (7%) and torula pellets (1%). The experimental design was a randomized block with 6 treatments and 4 repetitions. The traps used were of the McPhail type. Exchanges were make every 7 days. There was not difference for the total the fruit flies captured by torula solutions and Isca Samaritá® Traditional + 3% and 7% of ammonium acetate, the most attractive. There was not difference in female fruit flies captured by torula solutions and Isca Samaritá® Traditional + 3% ammonium acetate. For social insects and natural enemy the solutions with molasses and torula were less selective. With the addition of ammonium acetate it was possible to see a considerable increase in attractiveness to the commercial product, especially on the first day after installation in the field. The solution Isca Samaritá® Traditional + 3% Ammonium Acetate was selected as the best cost benefit with the addition of ammonium acetate tested and evaluated the attractiveness of efficiency in experiment 2 compared to Isca Samaritá® Traditional (5%), molasses (7%) and torula pellets (1%). It used the methodology of mark-release-recapture A. fraterculus sterile. The dispersion was monitored from a central point of release and the side cardinal directions, in McPhail traps. The direction of dispersion through the circular analysis exposed by Rose Diagram identified that the greatest frequency of recaptures were in positions where they were the torula and Isca Samaritá® Traditional + 3% ammonium acetate.

As moscas-das-frutas (Diptera: Tephritidae) são as principais pragas da fruticultura no mundo, pelos danos que ocasionam diretamente e indiretamente e pela facilidade de adaptação. O manejo das moscas-das-frutas através do monitoramento da população com diferentes substâncias atrativas mais eficientes é de suma importância. Assim, o objetivo com este trabalho foi avaliar a eficiência da inclusão do acetato de amônia em diferentes concentrações nas soluções compostas de proteína hidrolisada de milho e açúcares. O experimento 1 foi realizado em pomar de goiaba durante 7 semanas e avaliadas 6 soluções atrativas: Isca Samaritá® Tradicional (5%), Isca Samaritá® Tradicional + 3% de acetato de amônia (5% + 3%), Isca Samaritá® Tradicional + 5% de acetato de amônia (5% + 5%), Isca Samaritá® Tradicional + 7% de acetato de amônia (5% + 7%), Melaço (7%) e pastilhas de torula (1%). O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o casualizado em blocos com 6 tratamentos e 4 repetições. As armadilhas utilizadas foram do tipo McPhail. As trocas eram feitas a cada 7 dias. Não houve diferença para o total de moscas-das-frutas capturadas pelas soluções de torula e Isca Samaritá® Tradicional + 3% e 7% de acetato de amônia, sendo as mais atrativas. Também não houve diferença na captura de fêmeas de moscas-das-frutas para os atrativos torula e Isca Samaritá® Tradicional + 3% de acetato de amônia. Para insetos úteis e inimigos naturais as soluções com melaço e torula foram as menos seletivas. Com a adição de acetato de amônia foi possível verificar um aumento considerável na atratividade em relação ao produto comercial, principalmente no primeiro dia após a instalação no campo. A solução Isca Samaritá® Tradicional + 3% de Acetato de Amônia foi selecionada como o atrativo com melhor custo/benefício com adição de acetato de amônia testado e avaliado a eficiência da atratividade no experimento 2 comparando com Isca Samaritá® Tradicional (5%), Melaço (7%) e pastilhas de torula (1%). Utilizou-se a metodologia de marcação-liberação-recaptura de A. fraterculus estéreis. A dispersão foi monitorada a partir de um ponto central de liberação nas direções cardeais e colaterais utilizando armadilhas McPhail. A direção de dispersão através da análise circular exposta pelo Rose Diagram, identificou que as maiores frequências de recaptura foram nas posições onde se encontravam a torula e a Isca Samaritá® Tradicional + 3% de acetato de amônia. / The fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are the main pests of fruit crops in the world, due to the direct and indirect damage that its causes and easy of adaptation. The management of the fruit flies through population monitoring with different attractive substances more efficient is very important. The objective with this study was to evaluate the efficiency of the inclusion of ammonium acetate at different concentrations in the solutions composed of corn hydrolysed protein and sugars. The experiment 1 was conducted in guava orchard during seven weeks and evaluated 6 attractives solutions: Isca Samaritá® Traditional (5%), Isca Samaritá® Traditional + 3% ammonium acetate (5% + 3%), Isca Samaritá® Traditional + 5% ammonium acetate (5% + 5%), Isca Samaritá® Traditional + 7% of ammonium acetate (5% + 7%), molasses (7%) and torula pellets (1%). The experimental design was a randomized block with 6 treatments and 4 repetitions. The traps used were of the McPhail type. Exchanges were make every 7 days. There was not difference for the total the fruit flies captured by torula solutions and Isca Samaritá® Traditional + 3% and 7% of ammonium acetate, the most attractive. There was not difference in female fruit flies captured by torula solutions and Isca Samaritá® Traditional + 3% ammonium acetate. For social insects and natural enemy the solutions with molasses and torula were less selective. With the addition of ammonium acetate it was possible to see a considerable increase in attractiveness to the commercial product, especially on the first day after installation in the field. The solution Isca Samaritá® Traditional + 3% Ammonium Acetate was selected as the best cost benefit with the addition of ammonium acetate tested and evaluated the attractiveness of efficiency in experiment 2 compared to Isca Samaritá® Traditional (5%), molasses (7%) and torula pellets (1%). It used the methodology of mark-release-recapture A. fraterculus sterile. The dispersion was monitored from a central point of release and the side cardinal directions, in McPhail traps. The direction of dispersion through the circular analysis exposed by Rose Diagram identified that the greatest frequency of recaptures were in positions where they were the torula and Isca Samaritá® Traditional + 3% ammonium acetate.

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An exponentially growing global population, power demands, pollution levels and, on the other hand, rapid advances in means of communication have made the public aware of the complex energy situation. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has vast open land, an abundance of fossil fuel, a small population but has always been among the front-runners where the development and utilisation of clean sources of energy are concerned. Several studies on wind, solar and geothermal sources of energy have been conducted in Saudi Arabia. Solar photovoltaic (pv) has been used for a long time in many applications such as cathodic protection, communication towers and remotely located oil field installations. Recently, a 2MW grid-connected pv power plant has been put online and much larger solar desalination plants are in planning stage. Wind resource assessment, hub height optimisation, grid-connected wind farm and hybrid power system design were conducted in this study using existing methods. Historical daily mean wind speed data measured at 8 to 12metres above ground level at national and international airports in the kingdom over a period of 37 years was used to obtain long-term annual and monthly mean wind speeds, annual mean wind speed trends, frequency distribution, Weibull parameters, wind speed maps, hub height optimisation and energy yield using an efficient modern wind turbine of 2.75MW rated power. A further detailed analysis (such as estimation of wind shear exponent, Weibull parameters at different heights, frequency distribution at different heights, energy yield and plant capacity factor and wind speed variation with height) was conducted using wind speed measurements made at 20, 30 and 40metres above ground level. As a first attempt, an empirical correlation was developed for the estimation of near-optimal hub height (HH = 142.035 * (α) + 40.33) as a function of local wind shear exponent (α) with a correlation coefficient of 97%. This correlation was developed using the energy yield from a wind turbine of 1 000kW rated power and wind speed and local exponent for seven locations in Saudi Arabia. A wind-pv-diesel hybrid power system was designed and specifications were made for a remotely located village, which is being fed 100% by diesel power generating units. The proposed system, if developed, will offset around 35% of the diesel load and therefore will result in decreased air pollution by almost the same amount. The developed wind speed maps, the frequency distributions and estimated local wind shear exponents for seven locations and energy yield will be of great help in defining the further line of action and policy-building towards wind power development and utilisation in the kingdom. The study also recommends conducting a wind measurement campaign using tall towers with wind measurements at more than one height and estimating the local wind shear exponents and developing a wind atlas for the kingdom. The study further states that a grid-connected wind farm of moderate capacity of 40MW should be developed using turbines of varying rated powers. The wind speed data was also analysed using wavelet transform and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) to understand the fluctuation in wind speed time series for some of the stations. It is also recommended that policy-makers should take firm decision on the development of hybrid power systems for remotely located populations which are not yet connected with the grid. There are two challenges which need research: one is the effect of dust on the moving and structural elements of the wind turbines and the second is the effect of high prevailing temperatures on the performance and efficiency of the same. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering / PhD / Unrestricted