Oviposition Model of Trissolcus basalis Wholaston (Hym.: Scelionidae) on Sunn Pest Eggs

Authors
M. Forouzan 1
M. Rezaei 2
J. Shirazi 3
M. H. Safaralizadeh 1
A. Safavi 1
M. Rezaei 2
1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Urmia, Islamic Republic of Iran.
2 West Azerbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, Urmia, Islamic Republic of Iran.
3 Biological Control Research Dept., Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection
Abstract
Longevity, survivorship, and fecundity of Trissolcusbasalis Wholaston were studied on sunn pest eggs at 17.5, 20, 25, 27, 30 and 35˚C (all ±0.5), 60±5% RH and 16:8 h L:D. The preliminary results revealed an effect of temperature on the mentioned traits. In general, longevity decreased as temperature increased and ranged from 53.28±5.9 to 10.68±1.13 days when temperature leveled up from 17.5 to 35ºC. Similarly, the highest and lowest fecundity was observed at 25 and 35˚C (292.40±11.14 and 42.16±8.62 eggs female-1), respectively. Moreover, the developmental rate of adult parasitoids (1/median longevity) was well described by modified model of Sharp-DeMichele in the range of studied temperatures and it was used to calculate physiological age. Likewise, the relationship between temperature and total realized fecundity was fitted well to a quadratic polynomial function. Conspicuously, age-specific cumulative fecundity rate was highly coordinated with exponential model and adult survivorship was fitted well to the reversed logistic curve. Finally, three temperature-dependent attributes viz., total fecundity, age-specific cumulative fecundity rate, and age-specific survivorship rate were used for T. basalisoviposition modeling. These findings may contribute to better understanding of oviposition strategy and behavior of T. basalis.

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