2011
DOI: 10.1603/ec11154
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Effect of Larval Density and Host Species on Preimaginal Development of Bactrocera tau (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Abstract: The fruit fly, Bactrocera tau (Walker) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is an important pest of fruit and vegetable crops. In this study, host preference of B. tau females and the effects of host species and larval density on larval survival, pupal weight, adult emergence, and developmental duration were investigated on cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), sponge gourd (Luffa cylindrical L. (Roem)), bitter gourd [Momordica charantia (Cucurbitaceae) L.], guava [Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae) L.], and tangerine [Citrus reticulata… Show more

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“…Note, however, that although different rearing plant species may exert differential pre-imaginal effects (for examples in other phytophagous insects, see: Moreau, Rahme, Benrey, & Thiery, 2008;Wu, Shen, An, Huang, & Zhang, 2011), the rearing host species (sweet pepper and tobacco) were chosen to ensure that both aphids were in optimal physiological condition at the time of the experiments. In addition, given the high performance of M. p. nicotianae on sweet pepper under laboratory conditions, comparable to that on its natural optimal host tobacco, we also used sweet pepper as an alternative host for M. p. nicotianae, thus allowing us to explore its suitability as a host that affects learning in this aphid taxon.…”
Section: Assessment Of Learning Capacity and Retroactive Interferencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Note, however, that although different rearing plant species may exert differential pre-imaginal effects (for examples in other phytophagous insects, see: Moreau, Rahme, Benrey, & Thiery, 2008;Wu, Shen, An, Huang, & Zhang, 2011), the rearing host species (sweet pepper and tobacco) were chosen to ensure that both aphids were in optimal physiological condition at the time of the experiments. In addition, given the high performance of M. p. nicotianae on sweet pepper under laboratory conditions, comparable to that on its natural optimal host tobacco, we also used sweet pepper as an alternative host for M. p. nicotianae, thus allowing us to explore its suitability as a host that affects learning in this aphid taxon.…”
Section: Assessment Of Learning Capacity and Retroactive Interferencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The fruit fly, Bactrocera tau (Walker) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a major invasive and highly polyphagous pest to fruits and vegetables (Wu et al 2011). This pest was first described in Fujian (China) in 1849 and has dispersed to tropical and subtropical Asia and the South Pacific region (Shi et al 2014).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Correlation between pupal duration and larval development time is found in many insects (Shahout et al 2011;Ansari et al 2012) and is related with host plant quality (Roy & Barik 2013). Although evidences suggest that more suitable host is those on which larval development time is the shortest and pupal weight is the heaviest (Penz & Araújo 1990;Wu et al 2011), there is conflicting results concerning this relation. Larval duration is the same for Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus) reared in both hosts and non-hosts plants, although pupal duration is significantly longer on non-hosts ones (Sarfraz et al 2010).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%