Abstract

LAGUNA DAVILA, José Manuel; MORAN CENTENO, Juan Carlos  and  JIMENEZ-MARTINEZ, Edgardo. Diversity of arthropods associated with rice cultivation (Oryza sativa L.), Sébaco, Nicaragua. Siembra [online]. 2024, vol.11, n.1, 5788. ISSN 2477-8850.  https://doi.org/10.29166/siembra.v11i1.5788.

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important source of energy in the human diet; and, in Nicaragua, it constitutes a substantial component of the population's diet. The present study was exploratory, and aimed to determine the diversity of arthropods associated with rice cultivation in the municipality of Sébaco, an intensive rice production region, in the 2022-2023 agricultural cycle. Production systems with extensions over 100 hectares, where equal agronomic and phytosanitary management was used, were selected. For entomofauna monitoring, ten points were randomly selected in each production system, and at each point, and 20 double zigzag passes with entomological nets were used at each point. The number of individuals per order and family was quantified. For the diversity analysis, they were grouped according to their feeding habits. Abundance and richness information was analyzed using descriptive analysis, analysis of variance, and Shannon Weaver and Simpson's diversity index. Seven orders, 13 families, and 16 genera were found, most of them of the phytophagous habit. The highest abundance corresponded to the species T. orizicolus Muir (n = 46,663), reported in the reproductive and maturation phases. Likewise, Hydrellia sp (n = 5,229) presented the largest populations in the vegetative phase. Among the beneficial organisms, siders (n = 1,523) and Atrichopogum sp (n = 419) stood out. Diversity indices were low both in the production systems and in the different phenological phases of the crop.

Keywords : diversity; Tagosodes orizicolus; arthropod; Oryza sativa.

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