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Influence of temperature and host plant condition on preimaginal development and survival in the sorghum shootfly Atherigona soccata

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

A. G. L. Delobel
A. G. L. Delobel
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
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Abstract

Temperature-time and temperature–velocity equations are given for egg, larval and pupal stages of the sorghum shootfly, Atherigona soccata. Preimaginal development (from egg deposition to adult emergence) on sorghum CSH-1 seedlings lasted 19.5, 26.3, 33.8 and 76.8 days at 30, 25, 20 and 15°C, respectively. The sorghum shootfly showed optimal development and survival at 30°C. Lower threshold temperatures were 13.8, 10.2 and 11.8°C for the egg, larva and pupa, respectively. Host plant condition affected larval development and survival; pupal weight was higher and larval mortality lower in insects reared on fertilized and normally watered seedlings than on unfertilized and water stressed seedlings.

Keywords

Atherigona soccatasorghum shootflytemperaturehost conditionpreimaginal development
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Research Article
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , December 1983 , pp. 327 - 335
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Copyright © ICIPE 1983

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