Florida Entomologist (2018) 101, 587-591

Lincoln Luis França, Cássio Antonio Dierings, André Cirilo de Sousa Almeida, Marcio da Silva Araújo, Elvis Arden Heinrichs, Anderson Rodrigo da Silva, José Alexandre Freitas Barrigossi and Flávio Gonçalves de Jesus (2018)
Resistance in rice to Tibraca limbativentris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) influenced by plant silicon content
Florida Entomologist 101 (4), 587-591
Abstract: Tibraca limbativentris Stål (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is a major pest causing economic losses to rice cultivation in Brazil. The objectives of this work were to assess different sources of silicon in the induction of plant resistance, to examine the interaction of rice varieties with silicon-based resistance, and to determine the effects of varieties and silicon on stink bug biology. The interaction of rice cultivars BRS Esmeralda, IRGA 429 (widely cultivated in Brazil), and Canela de Ferro (a resistant cultivar), and 2 sources of silicon (K silicate, and Ca + Mg silicate) were studied. Plant parameters measured were percentage of damaged stems, chlorophyll content at 50 and 65 d after emergence, and silicon content. Insect biological parameters measured were the number of live insects, total dry mass, individual insect dry mass, total body surface area, and individual insect body surface area. The interaction between BRS Esmeralda with K silicate and Ca + Mg silicate provided greater plant silicon content and resulted in a lower level of stink bug-damaged stems. These results show that it is possible to increase resistance in rice plants susceptible to T. limbativentris by increasing silicon content.
(The abstract is excluded from the Creative Commons licence and has been copied with permission by the publisher.)
Full text of article
Database assignments for author(s): José Alexandre F. Barrigossi, Elvis Arden Heinrichs

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
resistance/tolerance/defence of host
environment - cropping system/rotation

---

Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Tibraca limbativentris	Rice (Oryza)	Brazil (south)