Submitted by Erondina Silva (erondinasilva@ufgd.edu.br) on 2010-10-21T15:26:31Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO_CamilaMeotti.pdf: 488120 bytes, checksum: 0acb463d91e9e3472dedf4da51faaae5 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Erondina Silva(erondinasilva@ufgd.edu.br) on 2010-10-21T15:27:36Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO_CamilaMeotti.pdf: 488120 bytes, checksum: 0acb463d91e9e3472dedf4da51faaae5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2010-10-21T15:27:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO_CamilaMeotti.pdf: 488120 bytes, checksum: 0acb463d91e9e3472dedf4da51faaae5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-23 / Este trabalho apresenta as análises faunísticas comparativas das espécies de insetos visitantes florais, coletadas por meio de captura manual em cultivo comercial de algodão Gossypium hirsutum L.. Os dados foram obtidos em um cultivar Convencional não-Bt DeltaOpal® - MDM, e um transgênico Bt NuOpal® Bollgard®- MDM, cultivados em Maracaju, Estado do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. O objetivo da pesquisa foi verificar as diferenças na comunidade de visitantes florais entre o cultivar convencional e o transgênico durante o período de floração da cultura, para avaliar o impacto do algodão Bt sobre a fauna de insetos visitantes florais. Foram capturados 1.310 visitantes florais, 741 no algodoeiro Bt, e 569 no algodoeiro não-Bt. Dos insetos coletados no algodão Bt, foram Encontrados indivíduos pertencentes as Ordens Hymenoptera (24 espécies), Diptera (22 espécies), Coleoptera (14 espécies), Lepidoptera (12 espécies) e Dermaptera (1 espécie). No algodoeiro não-Bt, coletaram-se insetos pertencentes a Hymenoptera (32 espécies), Diptera (27 espécies), Coleoptera (15 espécies) e Lepidoptera (10 espécies). As espécies de insetos foram mais abundantes nos horários das 9h:00min e 10h:00min da manhã, havendo diferença significativa na composição de espécies. A análise de variância revelou que o número de espécies variou significativamente entre os dias de floração, mas não entre os cultivares de algodão. O número de espécies teve uma diferença significativa durante o período de floração e de acordo com o tipo de algodão. As espécies mais abundantes foram Apis mellifera (Linnaeus, 1758), Cycloneda sanguinea (Linnaeus, 1763), uma espécie de Ichneumonidae, Scymnus(Scymnus) sp., Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hübner,1818), Heliothis virescens (Fabricius,1781), Pseudoplusia includens (Walker,1857),uma espécie de Pyralidae, Eriopis connexa (Germar,1824), Diabrotica sp., Colaspis joliveti (Bèchyne,1955 ), Hippodamia convergens (Guérin-Méneville,1842) e Allograpta exotica (Wiedemann,1830. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT - This work presents the faunistic comparative analyses of the species of floral visitors insects, collected by manual capture means on cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) crop, in two fields: the conventional non-Bt cotton crop DeltaOpal® - MDM, and the transgenic Bt-cotton crop NuOpal® Bollgard®- MDM. The experiment was carried out in the city of Maracaju, state of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), Brazil. This research aimed to survey the composition of the floral visitors in the different cotton treatments, during the crop flowering period, to assess the impact of Bt cotton on the insect fauna of flower visitors. Thus, 1,310 floral visitors were captured, being 741 of them obtained on the Bt-cotton, and 569 on the non-Bt cotton. From those insects collected in the treatment Bt, were found some individuals belonging to the following Orders: Hymenoptera (24 species), Diptera (22 species), Coleoptera (14 species), Lepidoptera (12 species), and Dermaptera (1 species). On the other hand, on the non-Bt crop were obtained insects from four Orders, such as, Hymenoptera (32 species), Diptera (27 species), Coleoptera (15 species) and Lepidoptera (10 species). The species of insects were most abundant between 9h and 10h a.m, and there was a significant difference in the composition of species. The variance analysis showed that the number of species varied significantly during the flowering period, regardless of the cotton cultivars. The composition of the floral visitors’ species varied according to the period of flowering, and according to the cotton cultivar. The most common species were: Apis mellifera (Linnaeus, 1758), Cycloneda sanguinea (Linnaeus, 1763), Ichneumonidae Genus A sp., Scymnus (Scymnus) sp., Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hubner,1818), Heliothis virescens (Fabricius,1781), Pseudoplusia includens (Walker,1857), Pyralidae genus A sp., Eriopis connexa (Germar,1824), Diabrotica sp., Colaspis joliveti (Bechyné,1955), Hippodamia convergens (Guérin-Méneville,1842) and Allograpta exotica (Wiedemann,1830).