Ethylene as an synomone to ants and wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera) at a Coffea canephora (Pierre) plantation

Moisés Santos De Souza; José Nilton Medeiros Costa; Alexandre de Almeida e Silva

doi:10.12741/ebrasilis.v15.e1017

Authors

Moisés Santos De Souza Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4189-3285
José Nilton Medeiros Costa Embrapa Rondônia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2259-9870
Alexandre de Almeida e Silva Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6500-0402

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v15.e1017

Keywords:

Semiochemicals, Coffe berry borer, Natural enemies, Integrated Pest Management

Abstract

Ethylene is a volatile phytohormone that plays an important role in the physiological processes of coffee plants. However, the role of this compound as a semiochemical in the tritrophic interaction involving Hypothenemus hampei, Coffea canephora, and hymenopteran insects remains unknown. Ethylene-baited traps were used in a coffee plantation in the experimental field of Embrapa Rondônia in the municipality of Porto Velho, Rondônia state, Brazil. The experiment was conducted during the fruit maturation period (March and April). Ethylene did not attract H. hampei compared to control traps (distilled water) but was significantly attractive to hymenopterans suggesting that it acts as a synomone.

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