scholarly journals Effect of temperature on the developmental rate, longevity and parasitism of Aphidius ervi Haliday (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae)

2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Malina ◽  
J. Praslička
Keyword(s):  
Adult Development ◽  
Developmental Rate ◽  
Aphidius Ervi ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Degree Days ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Dependent Development ◽  
Aphis Pomi ◽  
Reported Data ◽  
The Relationship

Temperature-dependent development, longevity and parasitism of the parasitoid Aphidius ervi Haliday was measured at four constant temperatures between 15°C and 30°C using Aphis pomi de Geer as host. The thresholds for egg-mummy and mummy-adult development were 6.8°C and 3.9°C, respectively. Development into mummies required an average of 146.3 degree-days (DD), while development into adults took an average of 85.3 DD. Longevity was increasing linearly in the range from 15°C to 25°C (8–15 days), but was lower at 30°C (11 days). The relationship between parasitism, recorded as percent aphids mummified, and temperature was increasing at the temperatures 15–25°C, but decreasing at higher temperatures; 10.8% of the aphids were parasitised at 15°C, 15.9% at 25°C and 14.6% at 30°C. These results are compared with previously reported data on temperature-dependent development of A. ervi on a different host.

Developmental rates of the aphid Aphis pomi (Aphidoidea: Aphididae) and its parasitoid Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae)

Biologia ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Radovan Malina ◽  
Ján Praslička ◽  
Janka Schlarmannová
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Rate ◽  
Aphidius Ervi ◽  
Degree Days ◽  
Developmental Threshold ◽  
Aphis Pomi ◽  
Developmental Rates

AbstractDevelopmental rates of the aphid Aphis pomi and its parasitoid Aphidius ervi were compared at four constant temperatures (15, 20, 25, 30°C). Aphis pomi required 159.07 degree-days (DD) above lover developmental threshold (LDT) of 0.3°C. Aphidius ervi required 229.73 DD above LDT of 5.98°C. Developmental rate of A. pomi is higher than the developmental rate of A. ervi at the same conditions

Effect of temperature on the development of the aquatic stages of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto (Diptera: Culicidae)

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 375-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.N. Bayoh ◽  
S.W. Lindsay
Keyword(s):  
Anopheles Gambiae ◽  
Adult Development ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Adult Emergence ◽  
Developmental Rate ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Immature Stage ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractGlobal warming may affect the future pattern of many arthropod-borne diseases, yet the relationship between temperature and development has been poorly described for many key vectors. Here the development of the aquatic stages of Africa's principal malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae s.s. Giles, is described at different temperatures. Development time from egg to adult was measured under laboratory conditions at constant temperatures between 10 and 40°C. Rate of development from one immature stage to the next increased at higher temperatures to a peak around 28°C and then declined. Adult development rate was greatest between 28 and 32°C, although adult emergence was highest between 22 and 26°C. No adults emerged below 18°C or above 34°C. Non-linear models were used to describe the relationship between developmental rate and temperature, which could be used for developing process-based models of malaria transmission. The utility of these findings is demonstrated by showing that a map where the climate is suitable for the development of aquatic stages of A. gambiae s.s. corresponded closely with the best map of malaria risk currently available for Africa.

scholarly journals Using the loess method to describe the effect of temperature on development rate

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (No. 4) ◽  
pp. 226-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liu Junhe ◽  
Yan Yan ◽  
Yu Mingfu ◽  
Parajulee Megha N ◽  
Shi Peijian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Parametric Model ◽  
Development Rate ◽  
Parametric Models ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Local Regression ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Dependent Development ◽  
Development Rates

Temperature has a significant influence on development rates of insects and mites. Many parametric models were built to describe the temperature-dependent development rates. However, these models provided different shapes of the curves of development rate versus temperature. For different datasets, investigators have to spend much time on considering which the parametric model is the best for describing the temperature-dependent development rates. In the present study, we encourage investigators to use an important non-parametric model, the loess method, which belongs to local regression methods. The loesS method is used to fit some published data on the development rate of aphids to check the goodness-of-fit. We find that the loess method is very flexible for fitting the given datasets. Thus, we consider that the loess method can be used to describe the effect of temperature on the development rate of insects or mites.

EFFECTS OF PHOTOPERIOD AND TEMPERATURE ON DIAPAUSE OF TWO APHEL1NUS SPP. (HYMENOPTERA: APHELINIDAE) PARASITIZING THE RUSSIAN WHEAT APHID

1992 ◽  
Vol 124 (5) ◽  
pp. 853-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.S. Yu
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Rate ◽  
Developmental Time ◽  
Russian Wheat Aphid ◽  
Lower Threshold ◽  
Maximum Sensitivity ◽  
Thermal Constant ◽  
Degree Days ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
C 50 ◽  
Aphelinus Varipes

AbstractThe effects of photoperiod and temperature on the diapause of Aphelinus varipes (Focrster) from Kazakhstan and Apheiinus near varipes from Alberta, which both attack Russian wheat aphid, were studied in the laboratory. At 20 °C, 50% of A. varipes entered diapause when the photoperiod was between 12.5L:11.5D and 13L:11D whereas 50% of A. nr. varipes entered diapause when the photoperiod was around 14L:10D. Diapause induction was close to 100% at 11.5L:12.5D for both species. Maximum sensitivity to photoperiod occurred 2 days alter parasitization for A. varipes and 3 days after parasitization for A. nr. varipes. At 30 °C, the proportion of wasps entering diapause was reduced to 40 and 72% for A. varipes and A. nr. varipes, respectively. Exposing diapausing mummies to temperatures from 10 to −10 °C for 4–20 weeks shortened the postdiapause developmental time. Survival was lowered by exposing mummies to −10 °C for over 8 weeks. Postdiapause developmental rate was directly temperature dependent. The lower threshold and thermal constant for postdiapause development were estimated to be 10.3 °C and 189 degree-days (DD) for A. varipes and 7.41 °C and 204 DD for A. nr. varipes.

Skeletal muscle fatigue in vitro is temperature dependent

1986 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 660-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. Segal ◽  
J. A. Faulkner ◽  
T. P. White
Keyword(s):  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Isometric Contractions ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Temperature Optimum ◽  
Constant Frequency ◽  
Protocol Development ◽  
Effects Of Temperature ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Bell Shaped Curve

Our purpose was to determine the effect of temperature on the fatigability of isolated soleus and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles from rats during repeated isometric contractions. Muscles (70–90 mg) were studied at 20–40 degrees C in vitro. Fatigability was defined with respect to both the time and number of stimuli required to reach 50% of the force (P) developed at the onset of the fatigue test. Fatigue was studied during stimulation protocols of variable [force approximately 70% of maximum force (Po)] and constant frequency (28 Hz). Results for soleus and EDL muscles were qualitatively similar, but fatigue times were longer for soleus than for EDL muscles. During the variable-frequency protocol, development of approximately 70% of Po required an increase in stimulation frequency as temperature increased. During stimulation at these frequencies, fatigue time shortened as temperature increased. For both fatigue protocols, the relationship between temperature and the number of stimuli required to reach fatigue followed a bell-shaped curve, with maximum values at 25–30 degrees C. The temperature optimum for maximizing the number of isometric contractions to reach fatigue reflects direct effects of temperature on muscle function.

scholarly journals Temperature-dependent development and mortality of Australian cockroach, Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius) (Blattodea: Blattidae

2010 ◽  
Vol 40 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 11-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Stejskal ◽  
J. Lukáš ◽  
R. Aulický
Keyword(s):  
Development Rate ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Thermal Constant ◽  
Pest Species ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Thermal Threshold ◽  
Dependent Development ◽  
Thermal Constants ◽  
Temperature Controlled ◽  
Periplaneta Australasiae

The effect of temperature on the development of the 1<SUP>st</SUP> instar of <I>Periplaneta australasiae</I> (Fabr.) was studied at the four constant temperatures of 21°C, 24°C, 27°C and 30°C in temperature-controlled chambers. Mortality was 50% at 30°C, and 10% at 21°C, 24° and 27°C. Thermal constants were established by plotting linear regression to development rate. The thermal threshold for the development was 17.1°C and the thermal constant for 1<SUP>st</SUP> instar larvae was 147.1 day-degrees. As “safe temperature” (<I>t<SUB>s</SUB></I>) – the temperature to be maintained in stores or food premises to prevent the development of a pest species – we recommend 16°C.

Effect of Temperature, Season, and Fish Size on Acute Lethality of Suspended Sediments to Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

1991 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 493-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Servizi ◽  
Dennis W. Martens
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Transfer ◽  
Coho Salmon ◽  
Oncorhynchus Kisutch ◽  
Suspended Sediments ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Fraser River ◽  
Metabolic Rates ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Cough Reflex ◽  
The Relationship

Tolerance of underyearling coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) to Fraser River suspended sediments (SS) at 7 °C was independent of season of the year. However, coho of 0.52 g (4.0 cm) possessed only 35% of the tolerance of larger specimens. Tolerance to SS was temperature dependent, with 96-h LC50 at 1 and 18 °C being 47 and 33%, respectively, of the value at 7 °C. Tolerance was further reduced among underyearling coho which were later found to have a viral kidney infection. Cough reflex, oxygen transfer, oxygen saturation levels, metabolic rates, and capacity to do work all probably affect the relationship between SS tolerance and temperature.

INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE ON SURVIVAL AND RATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF PTEROMALUS VENUSTUS (HYMENOPTERA: PTEROMALIDAE), A PARASITE OF THE ALFALFA LEAFCUTTER BEE (HYMENOPTERA: MEGACHILIDAE)

1985 ◽  
Vol 117 (7) ◽  
pp. 811-818 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.H. Whitfield ◽  
K.W. Richards
Keyword(s):  
Western Canada ◽  
Base Temperature ◽  
Degree Days ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Dependent Development ◽  
Rate Versus ◽  
Development Data ◽  
Influence Of Temperature On ◽  
Leafcutter Bee ◽  
Incubation Temperatures

AbstractIncidence of parasitism by Pteromalus venustus Walker in populations of the alfalfa leafcutter bee, Megachile rotundata (F.), in western Canada from 1976 to 1983 was found to average ca. 1%. An average of 17.4 parasite adults emerged from each host cocoon and the ratio of males to females was 1:1. Temperature-dependent development and survival at 8 constant temperatures are described. The range of temperatures for greatest survival of the parasite (30–32 °C) coincided with the recommended incubation temperatures for cocoons of the leafcutter bee. Development data fitted a 4-parameter development model. Linear regression of development rate versus temperature provided estimates of base temperature and development time in degree-days for the egg, larval, pupal, and combined stages.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARROT RUST FLY, PSILA ROSAE (DIPTERA: PSILIDAE), RELATIVE TO TEMPERATURE IN THE LABORATORY

1981 ◽  
Vol 113 (7) ◽  
pp. 569-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Thermal Constant ◽  
Degree Days ◽  
Psila Rosae ◽  
Egg Hatch ◽  
Rate Of Development ◽  
Threshold Temperatures ◽  
Thermal Constants ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe effect of temperature on development of the carrot rust fly, Psila rosae (F.), was determined at constant temperatures in the laboratory. The relationship between rate of development and temperature was essentially linear from 10° to 17.5°C but began to diverge from linearity between 17.5° and 20°C. Estimated threshold temperatures (t) and thermal constants (K) for development of overwintered pupae were 2.3°C and 319 degree-days (dd) for first emergence and 1.8°C and 368 dd for 50% emergence. For laboratory-reared stages, t and K values were 4.1°C and 102 dd for egg hatch, 2.0°C and 642 dd for development from egg to mature larvae, and 3.0°C and 107 dd for pupation. Development in the laboratory from egg (less than 24 h old) to adult was completed in 59, 70, and 81 days at 20°, 17.5°, and 15°C respectively; no threshold or thermal constant was estimated because few or no individuals completed development to adult at 12.5° or 10°C within expected times, presumably because diapause was induced at these temperatures.

scholarly journals TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE) AND SIMULATION OF ITS PHENOLOGY

1991 ◽  
Vol 123 (5) ◽  
pp. 1083-1094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara J. Bentz ◽  
Jesse A. Logan ◽  
Gene D. Amman
Keyword(s):  
Mountain Pine Beetle ◽  
Lodgepole Pine ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Dependent Development ◽  
Mountain Pine ◽  
Pine Beetle

AbstractTemperature-dependent development of the egg, larval, and pupal life-stages of the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) was described using data from constant-temperature laboratory experiments. A phenology model describing the effect of temperature on the temporal distribution of the life-stages was developed using these data. Phloem temperatures recorded in a beetle-infested lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas) were used as input to run the model. Results from model simulations suggest that inherent temperature thresholds in each life-stage help to synchronize population dynamics with seasonal climatic changes. This basic phenological information and the developed model will facilitate both research and management endeavors aimed at reducing losses in lodgepole pine stands caused by mountain pine beetle infestations.

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