Monitoramento em grandes culturas e produção de inimigos naturais em bioindústria nas fazendas Chapada I e Santa Tereza, grupo ABC Agrícola, Mato Grosso

Abstract

In the form of a mandatory curricular internship, it was possible to experience the routine of high-quality agricultural production of large crops, such as cotton (Gossypium sp.), Corn (Zea mays) and beans (Phaseolus vulgaris and Vigna unguiculata), some of the main crops produced by the farms of the ABC Agrícola group, located in the municipality of Campo Novo do Parecis, in the west Mato Grosso, where the internship took place. The curricular activity started on 2/24/2020, ended on 7/1/2020 and was initially carried out in the field, where plots grown with cotton, corn and beans were monitored, seeking to ascertain planting characteristics, as well as phytosanitary characteristics, composed of the presence of pests or their damage, in addition to the presence of of diseases and weeds. Later, after approximately two months of internship, it was possible to participate in the production team of the biofactory of natural enemies, divided into macro and microbiological. For microbiologicals, the activities consisted of monitoring and acting on all productive stages of the biological insecticides Bacillus thuringiensis aizawai and Beauveria bassiana, and on regarding macrobiologicals, it assisted with the mass multiplication of Trichogramma spp. The experience was extremely rich in terms of providing a practical view of the contents seen theoretically in the classroom, in addition to providing a good experience with regard to routines and responsibilities in the field of farm and labor market.