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EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON THE GROWTH AND SURVIVORSHIP OF THE CITRUS BLACKFLY (HOMOPTERA: ALEYRODIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Robert V. Dowell  and
George E. Fitzpatrick
Robert V. Dowell
Affiliation:
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314
George E. Fitzpatrick
Affiliation:
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314
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Abstract

Survivorship of the citrus blackfly was greatest at 25.6 °C and decreased in either direction from this temperature. A series of linear equations were derived to describe stadium length in thermal units for each development stage of the citrus blackfly and for the complete life cycle. There was no significant difference between the calculated stadium lengths and those observed in the field using linear thermal units.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 110 , Issue 12 , December 1978 , pp. 1347 - 1350
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1978

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