Dirceu Pratissoli

TL;DR: Evaluated site preference of tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), developmental stages on processing tomatoes found the pupation was higher on leaves, followed by soil, mainstems and fruit (stage III), respectively, while higher pupation at stage I was observed on the apical part, while at stages II andIII it was similar among the three plant parts.

TL;DR: Bacillus thuringiensis, lufenuron and triflumuron may be used in integrated pest management programs to control tomato pests, because they have moderated negative effect on parasitoid wasps.

TL;DR: The development and reproduction of Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) fed on Tenebrio molitor L. molitor and Musca domestica and females of this predator showed higher egg and nymph production when they received both prey.

TL;DR: This research aimed at studing Telenomus remus Nixon biology reared on Spodoptera frugiperda eggs at different temperatures and determined the thermal requirements and the number of parasitoid generations at constant temperatures.

TL;DR: There was an inverse correlation between the duration of the cycle and the increase of temperature in the thermal zone studied, and the sexual ratio was not affected by the temperature when the host was T. absoluta.