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Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran, 1985713133 Iran , n_ebrahimi60@yahoo.com
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Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata Wiedeman (Diptera: Tephritidae), is one of the most important pests of horticultural crops in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. In this study, the developmental rate of Mediterranean fruit flies was studied at 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 25, 27, 30, 32, and 35°C. The results showed a nonlinear relationship between temperatures and developmental rate. The best nonlinear models were Perfomance-1 and Performance-2 in the Mazandaran and Fars provinces, respectively. These models simulated the developmental rate of Mediterranean fruit flies accurately at temperatures ranging from 15 to 35 and 20 to 30°C, in Mazandaran and Fars provinces, respectively and the estimated optimal temperature of total immature stages was 31.94 and 31.8°C, respectively. The lower and upper temperature threshold the total immature stage in Mazandaran and Fars provinces were estimated at 11.23 and 13.15 °C, and 38.1 and 37.74 °C, respectively. The two linear models, the Ikemoto linear model showed better-fit data compared with the ordinary model.
Keywords: Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, Nonlinear models, Linear models, Developmental rate
Article Type: Original Research |
Subject:
Ecology and Biological Control
Received: 2024/03/12 | Accepted: 2024/01/1
Received: 2024/03/12 | Accepted: 2024/01/1
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