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Effect of temperature on reproductive attributes of the Mexican beetle Zygogramma bicolorata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2009

Omkar ,
Shruti Rastogi  and
Pooja Pandey
Omkar*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow226 007, India
Shruti Rastogi
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow226 007, India
Pooja Pandey
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow226 007, India
*
*E-mail: omkaar55@hotmail.com
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Abstract

The effect of different constant temperatures on several reproductive attributes of the Mexican beetle, Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister, was studied. Fecundity and egg viability, pre- and post-oviposition period, and age-specific fecundity were assessed at 20, 25, 27, 30 and 35 °C. Maximum fecundity and per cent egg viability were recorded at 27 °C (928 eggs and 75.6%, respectively). Pre-oviposition and post-oviposition period declined with increasing temperature up to 27 °C, then increased at temperatures beyond that. Oviposition period decreased from 92.9 to 27.5 days with temperature increment. Age-specific fecundity was also temperature dependent. Z. bicolorata is a biological control agent of the parthenium weed Parthenium hysterophorus Linnaeus, and these findings may be useful in mass rearing programmes for the natural enemy.

Keywords

Zygogramma bicolorataParthenium hysterophorustemperatureage-specific fecundityegg viabilitybiological control
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Short Communication
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , March 2009 , pp. 48 - 52
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Copyright © ICIPE 2009

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