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First report of an insect pest on Passiflora tenuifila Killip (Passifloraceae)

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The genus Passiflora L. has more than 400 species, most of which occur natively in tropical and subtropical regions of South America. The fruit of Passiflora tenuifila Killip, one of the native species of Brazil, has great potential for commercial use by pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, due to its high content of phenolic compounds, which are natural antioxidants. The study was conducted in two areas located in Tocantins and in the Federal District, Brazil. The presence of globose lumps and thickening of the stems on plants of Pa. tenuifila was observed on plants in these areas. Injured samples taken from both locations were analyzed and showed the presence of larvae and pupae of a Curculionidae, which completed their life cycle in the laboratory. The adults were identified as Philonis crucifer (Brèthes) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). In Tocantins, 100% of the plants in the trial area were infested, while in the Federal District trial the incidence of infestation was 20.3%. This is the first report of an insect on Pa. tenuifila, indicating the need to develop management strategies for this pest to be applied in commercial crops of this Passiflora species.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Ana Maria Costa (Embrapa Cerrados) for her support of the studies in the Federal District, and Eustáquio Ferreira dos Santos, owner of São José da Serrinha Farm, in Lageado County/TO, where the Tocatins trial was conducted.

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  1. Embrapa Cerrados, C.P. 08223, Planaltina/DF, 73310-970, Brasil

    Charles Martins de Oliveira, Alexei de Campos Dianese & Tadeu Graciolli Guimarães

  2. Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Brasília/DF, 70910-900, Brasil

    Marina Regina Frizzas

  3. Embrapa Pesca, Aquicultura e Sistemas Agrícolas, CEP 77.020-020, Plano Diretor Sul, Palmas, Tocantins, Brasil

    Gustavo Azevedo Campos

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de Oliveira, C.M., de Campos Dianese, A., Frizzas, M.R. et al. First report of an insect pest on Passiflora tenuifila Killip (Passifloraceae). Phytoparasitica 42, 677–680 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-014-0408-3

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