Effects of delayed mating on the fecundity,fertility and longevity of females of diamondback moth,Plutella xylostella |
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| Authors: | Xiang‐Ping Wang Yu‐Ling Fang Zhong‐Ning Zhang |
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| Institution: | 1. College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei Province;2. State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
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| Abstract: | Abstract The effects of delayed mating on the copulation duration, female fertility, fecundity, egg fertility, longevity and the number days alive after mating of females of diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella, were studied. When male mating was delayed, the female fertility, fecundity, egg fertility, longevity and number days alive after mating of DBM decreased, and there was a negative correlation between the age of the moth with those variables except copulation duration. When female mating was delayed, the female fertility, fecundity, percent egg fertility and number days alive after mating of DBM also decreased, but the longevity increased, which also showed a negative relationship between the age of the moth with the variables except copulation duration and longevity. When both males and females delayed mating, the female fertility and fecundity decreased; egg fertility was affected marginally, and the longevity of females increased. The moth age was negatively correlated with those variables. |
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| Keywords: | delayed mating egg fertility fecundity female fertility longevity Plutella xylostella |
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