Métodos alternativos de controle de insetos pragas em alface (Lactuca sativa L.) e couve (Brassica oleracea L.)

Abstract

The incidence of pests in agriculture is increasingly intense, and there are problems with updating chemicals due to the short cycle of lettuce and cabbage. In order for us to have better quality, safer food, with a lower production cost and greater added value, alternative methods of pest control should be used such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, predatory insects, parasitoids, etc. This work is a review made from documents acquired from sites and platforms, referring to pests with their characteristics to identify and respective damage and control methods in the cultivation of lettuce and cabbage and the most used and efficient alternative methods targeting the main agricultural pests of these crops will be presented.