Abstract

Coccinellids have been used, throughout the world, in biological control programs of agriculture pests. In Chile this family has been studied by various authors, which addresses issues such as biology, predatory activity and distribution in herbaceous species, shrubs and trees, but their situation in blueberries, where there is an abundance of species, is unknown Coccinellid beetles were counted visually on two blueberry orchards, under organic and conventional management. This study was conducted at the Maquehue Experiment Station, in the central valley of “La Araucania Region” in southern Chile, from September 2007 through May 2008 and was divided into two periods: from September 2007 through February 2008 with visual counts only on the foliage of the plants, and from March through May 2008 counts were done on the foliage and on of the plant in the soil around the plants. The greatest number of species was recorded in the organic garden in both sampling periods, but species diversity was the same for both production systems. Specify results better. En todo el mundo, los coccinelidos se han utilizado en programas de control biologico de plagas agricolas. En Chile esta familia ha sido estudiada por diversos autores, que tratan aspectos de biologia, actividad depredadora y distribucion de las especies en substratos herbaceos, arbustivos y arboreos, pero en arandano se desconoce la diversidad y abundancia de especies de esta familia. Se hizo un estudio mediante recuentos visuales en la Estacion Experimental Maquehue de la Universidad de La Frontera, en la region de La Araucania de los coccinelidos presentes en dos huertos de arandano, uno bajo manejo organico y otro bajo manejo convencional, desde septiembre de 2007 a mayo de 2008, dividido en dos periodos, de septiembre de 2007 a febrero de 2008, con recuentos solo en el follaje de las plantas, y de marzo a mayo de 2008 tanto en el follaje como en el suelo alrededor de ellas. La mayor cantidad de especies se contabilizo en el huerto organico, en ambos periodos de muestreo, y la diversidad fue la misma para ambos huertos.

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