Effect of temperature on development rate and intrinsic rate of increase ofAphis gossypii reared on greenhouse cucumbers |
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Authors: | F Kocourek J Havelka J Bernkov V Jaro
ik |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Entomology, Research Institute for Crop Production, Plant Protection Division, Drnovská 507, 161 06 Prague 6-Ruzyně;(2) Institute of Entomology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České, Budějovice;(3) Department of Zoology, Charles University, Faculty of Sciences, Viničná 7, 128 44 Prague 2, Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | Thermal requirements for development and life table statistics ofAphis gossypii Glover (Homoptera, Aphididae) were determined over a range of constant temperatures from 10 to 30°C. The lower development
threshold and the sum of effective temperatures were 6.9°C and 90.1°C, respectively, for preimaginal development, and 5.8°C
and 113.6°C from birth to the onset of reproduction. Mean total fecundity ranged from 36 larvae per female at 10°C to 76 larvae
at 30°C. On a time scale of days, net reproductive rate (R
o
) increased with increasing temperature while generation time (T) decreased causing the intrinsic rate of increase (r
m
) to increase linearly from 0.115 to 0.465. On a day-degree scaler
m
only varied from 0.019 to 0.028 because the growth ofR
o
was compensated by an increase inT with increase in temperature. The nearly constantr
m
in terms of day-degrees, over a wide range of temperatures, greatly simplifies the prediction of future population numbers
ofA. gossypii. |
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Keywords: | Aphis gossypii development threshold fecundity survivorship net reproductive rate intrinsic rate of increase day degrees |
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