Reproductive performance of seven strains of the tomato red spider mite Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae) at five temperatures

TY - JOUR

T1 - Reproductive performance of seven strains of the tomato red spider mite Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae) at five temperatures

AU - Gotoh, T.

AU - Sugimoto, N.

AU - Pallini, A.

AU - Knapp, M.

AU - Hernandez-Suarez, E.

AU - Ferragut, F.

AU - Ho, Sin C

AU - Migeon, A.

AU - Navajas, M.

AU - Nachman, G.

PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - The tomato red spider mite Tetranychus evansi Baker et Pritchard occurs on solanaceous plants, and causes serious damage to a variety of crops in Africa and Europe. In 2001 this species was also found in Japan, on nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.), and its invasion to solanaceous of agricultural importance is feasible. To evaluate its potential severity as a pest, the present study assessed the life-history parameters, such as the rate of development and the intrinsic rate of natural increase (rm), on S. nigrum for T. evansi collected on seven sites worldwide. Increasing temperatures between 15 and 32.5°C significantly increased the developmental rate of the seven strains while immature developmental duration was about the same at 32.5-40°C. The rate of egg-to-adult development [(% hatch) × (% survival)] exceeded 88% at temperatures between 15 and 37.5°C. The lower thermal thresholds (LT) were 11.9-12.5°C for both egg-to-adult and egg-to-egg development. The optimum developmental temperatures ranged from 36.7 to 43.8°C and the upper developmental threshold (UT) ranged from 45.2 to 59.4°C. The rm-values became higher with temperature increasing from 15 to 35°C. The rm-values at 25°C ranged from 0.265 to 0.277 which are relatively high for species of the genus Tetranychus. These results indicate that T. evansi after invasion into Japan has the potential to become a serious pest on solanaceous crops, just the same as in Africa and Europe.

AB - The tomato red spider mite Tetranychus evansi Baker et Pritchard occurs on solanaceous plants, and causes serious damage to a variety of crops in Africa and Europe. In 2001 this species was also found in Japan, on nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.), and its invasion to solanaceous of agricultural importance is feasible. To evaluate its potential severity as a pest, the present study assessed the life-history parameters, such as the rate of development and the intrinsic rate of natural increase (rm), on S. nigrum for T. evansi collected on seven sites worldwide. Increasing temperatures between 15 and 32.5°C significantly increased the developmental rate of the seven strains while immature developmental duration was about the same at 32.5-40°C. The rate of egg-to-adult development [(% hatch) × (% survival)] exceeded 88% at temperatures between 15 and 37.5°C. The lower thermal thresholds (LT) were 11.9-12.5°C for both egg-to-adult and egg-to-egg development. The optimum developmental temperatures ranged from 36.7 to 43.8°C and the upper developmental threshold (UT) ranged from 45.2 to 59.4°C. The rm-values became higher with temperature increasing from 15 to 35°C. The rm-values at 25°C ranged from 0.265 to 0.277 which are relatively high for species of the genus Tetranychus. These results indicate that T. evansi after invasion into Japan has the potential to become a serious pest on solanaceous crops, just the same as in Africa and Europe.

KW - Tetranychus evansi

KW - Reproduction

KW - Intrinsic rate of natural increase

KW - Developmental performance

KW - EFFECTIVE NATURAL ENEMIES

KW - LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS

KW - PHYTOSEIULUS-LONGIPES

KW - PREY

KW - POPULATION

KW - ARTHROPODS

KW - PREDATOR

KW - BEETLE

KW - PARAMETERS

KW - JACKKNIFE

U2 - 10.1007/s10493-010-9362-z

DO - 10.1007/s10493-010-9362-z

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 20383565

SN - 0168-8162

VL - 52

SP - 239

EP - 259

JO - Experimental & Applied Acarology

JF - Experimental & Applied Acarology

IS - 3

ER -