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Effect of temperature on the survival and infectivity of Pseudotheraptus devastans vector

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The aim of this study was to investigate under a controlled environment, the effect of temperature on the survival and infectivity of Pseudotheraptus devastans Distant, a cassava anthracnose disease vector. The insect P. devastans was collected from young cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) field plots, at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria. A mixture of the different developmental stages of eggs, first to fifth instar nymphs, and adults, were incubated in controlled environment chambers, under various constant temperatures of: 15, 17, 22, 25, 27, 30, and 35°C. Relative humidity at different temperature conditions were recorded and maintained at 90%, 85%, 80%, 75%, 70%, 65%, and 60%, respectively. A significant increase in insect survival was observed between 22 and 27°C temperature conditions while a significant decrease in survival was observed at 15°C and above 30°C. Lesion number, lesion diameter and infectivity among the insect stages varied as a function of temperature and relative humidity. Infectivity was highest at 22–25°C maintained at 75–80% RH and lowest at 15°C and above 30°C maintained respectively, at 65% RH and 90% RH. There was considerable low vector infectivity due to low survival of the insects at extreme temperatures.

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  1. Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

    C. N. Fokunang & T. Ikotun

  2. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), PMB 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria

    C. N. Fokunang & A. G. O. Dixon

  3. Charles Fokunang, 65 Fordwich Place, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 0RA, UK

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Fokunang, C.N., Dixon, A.G.O. & Ikotun, T. Effect of temperature on the survival and infectivity of Pseudotheraptus devastans vector. Mycopathologia 158, 385–392 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-004-8667-z

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