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Thermal effects on the development of Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) and model validation in Taiwan

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The oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), is a major polyphagous insect pest with a worldwide distribution. The effects of temperature on stage-specific development in B. dorsalis were investigated at eight constant temperatures (13.0 °C, 14.4 °C, 16.2 °C, 19.5 °C, 23.8 °C, 27.7 °C, 31.8 °C and 34.8 °C). B. dorsalis developed successfully from the egg stage to the adult stage at all the tested temperatures, except at the lowest temperatures (13.0 °C and 14.4 °C). Stage-specific lower developmental thresholds and thermal constants were determined using linear regression. The lower and higher temperature threshold (TL and TH, respectively) were estimated using the Sharpe-Schoolfield-Ikemoto model. The lower developmental threshold and thermal constant from egg to adult emergence were 9.8 °C and 325.5 degree-days, respectively. The intrinsic optimum temperatures of the egg, larval, pupal and egg to pupal stage were 20.7 °C, 21.8 °C, 21.1 °C, and 22.4 °C, respectively. The temperature range of the B. dorsalis total immature stage from TL to TH was 20.4 °C (13.8 °C - 34.2 °C). The stage-specific developmental completion of B. dorsalis was determined using a two-parameter Weibull function. The daily adult emergence frequency of B. dorsalis was estimated in relation to adult age and temperature using non-linear developmental rate functions and the Weibull function. The date of cumulative 50% adult emergence estimated using non-linear functions was approximately one day earlier than the experimentally observed date. Thermal performance was compared among B. dorsalis populations from different locations.

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Acknowledgements

This study was conducted under an international cooperative research project (Project Title: Development of population model of foreign fruit fly and prediction of their settlement to cope with climate change, No: PJ012075) between National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan and National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea. We appreciate Dr. Manoukis and one anonymous reviewer for valuable comments on the manuscripts. The authors thank Dr. Yuan Shen for providing meteorological data. The authors are extremely grateful to Dr. Peijian Shi for providing the SSI program. Funding for this research was provided by the Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.

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    Ana Clariza Samayoa, Yun-Shiuan Wang & Shaw-Yhi Hwang

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    Kyung San Choi & Jeong Joon Ahn

  3. Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China

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Samayoa, A.C., Choi, K.S., Wang, YS. et al. Thermal effects on the development of Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) and model validation in Taiwan. Phytoparasitica 46, 365–376 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-018-0674-6

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