Effects of Temperature on Developmental Rate of Telenomus podisi (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)1
- 15 May 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 73 (3) , 339-342
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/73.3.339
Abstract
The effects of 8 constant temperatures, ranging from 15.5° to 32.2°C, on the development of Telenomus podisi Ashmead, were determined using Podisus maculiventris (Say) eggs as hosts. Likewise, the effects of 2 fluctuating temperature regimes were studied. Male parasites developed from egg to adult emergence faster than females; male parasites did not emerge at 15.5°C, while both males and females failed to emerge at 32.2°C. The average thermal requirements for development at the 4 intermediate constant temperatures used (21.1–29.4°C) were 126.5 and 139.4 Celsius degree-days for males and females, respectively, using a base of 15°C.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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