Types of management | Procedure | Pests (susceptible to treatment) |
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Crop rotation | Rotated crops: lettuce, Lactuca sativa; coriander, Coriandrum sativum; scallion, Allium fistulosum; carrot, Daucus carota; cabbage, Brassica oleracea | 'Cachorrinho-d'água' (an orthopteran, a kind of mole cricket that attacks plant roots); an unidentified little caterpillar; 'lagarta-de-rosca' (a noctuid moth, Agrotis ipsilon, living at the base of host plants or in the soil) |
Destruction of fruits and crop remains | Burning of fruits (slightly attacked fruits); removal of crops followed by burning (fruits strongly attacked) | 'Mosca branca' (white fly, a dipteran, Bemisia argentifoli); 'mosca-das-frutas' (a fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata); an unidentified caterpillar |
Mixed cropping, with repellent plants | Cravo-de-defunto (a marigold, Tagetes minuta) | 'Pulgão-do-algodoeiro' (a kind of cotton plant louse, Aphis gossipy); unidentified species of caterpillar, mite, and moth |
Irrigation water in abundance on crops | Jets of water, by using host, are shot on pest's patches on the crop | Unidentified species of caterpillars and ants, in general |
Caterpillars covered with soil | A handful of soil is put on pest's patches on the crop | Caterpillars of Helicoverta sp., that attack corncobs and of Spodoptera frugiperda, that attack the maize plant |
Soil preparation | Organic amendments are prepared and fallowed from 8 to 22 days, being applied lately twice during winter (the rainy season) | Applied on the pests above-mentioned |