Emergence, longevity and fecundity of Trissolcus basalis and Telenomus podisi after cold storage in the pupal stage

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira

Luís Amilton Foerster¹  Augusta Karkow Doetzer¹  Letícia Cunha Ferreira De Castro¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Paraná Dep. de Zoologia Curitiba PR

关键词: Insecta;    hibernation;    egg parasitoids;    biological control;    Insecta;    hibernação;    parasitóides de ovos;    controle biológico;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-204X2004000900002

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Pupae of Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston) and Telenomus podisi Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) were stored at 12ºC and 15ºC for 120-210 days, after different periods of parasitism at 18ºC in order to evaluate adult emergence, longevity and ovipositional capacity. There was no emergence of adults at 12ºC. The rate of emergence of parasitoids transferred to 15ºC at the beginning of the pupal stage was 1.5% and 26.3%, for T. basalis and T. podisi respectively, whereas those parasitoids transferred one day before the expected date of emergence at 18ºC showed 86.4% of emergence for T. basalis and 59.9% for T. podisi. Mean adult longevity was also significantly lower when pupae were transferred to 15ºC at the beginning of the pupal stage. Females emerged after storage and maintained for 120 to 210 days at 15ºC parasitized host eggs after transference to 25ºC; however, fecundity of T. podisi was reduced in about 80% after cold storage.

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