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Reproductive performance of seven strains of the tomato red spider mite Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae) at five temperatures

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The tomato red spider mite Tetranychus evansi Baker et Pritchard occurs on solanaceous plants, and causes serious damage to a variety of crops in Africa and Europe. In 2001 this species was also found in Japan, on nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.), and its invasion to solanaceous of agricultural importance is feasible. To evaluate its potential severity as a pest, the present study assessed the life-history parameters, such as the rate of development and the intrinsic rate of natural increase (r m), on S. nigrum for T. evansi collected on seven sites worldwide. Increasing temperatures between 15 and 32.5°C significantly increased the developmental rate of the seven strains while immature developmental duration was about the same at 32.5–40°C. The rate of egg-to-adult development [(% hatch) × (% survival)] exceeded 88% at temperatures between 15 and 37.5°C. The lower thermal thresholds (LT) were 11.9–12.5°C for both egg-to-adult and egg-to-egg development. The optimum developmental temperatures ranged from 36.7 to 43.8°C and the upper developmental threshold (UT) ranged from 45.2 to 59.4°C. The r m-values became higher with temperature increasing from 15 to 35°C. The r m-values at 25°C ranged from 0.265 to 0.277 which are relatively high for species of the genus Tetranychus. These results indicate that T. evansi after invasion into Japan has the potential to become a serious pest on solanaceous crops, just the same as in Africa and Europe.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to the anonymous referees for their invaluable suggestions on this manuscript, Drs. K. Yamamura, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, and N. Hinomoto, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, for their kind help on data analysis, Dr. K. Ohashi, Sumitomo Chemical Co, Ltd, for his kind collection of the JO strain, Drs. Y. Kitashima and A. Tazuke, Messrs. R. Araki, D. Moriya and C. Yoshioka, Ibaraki University, for their kind help in this research.

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  1. Laboratory of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ami, Ibaraki, 300-0393, Japan

    T. Gotoh & N. Sugimoto

  2. DBA/Entomologia, Federal University of Vicosa, 36570-000, Vicosa, MG, Brazil

    A. Pallini

  3. R & D Entomology, Koppert B. V., P.O. Box 155, 2650 AD, Berkel en Rodenrijs, The Netherlands

    M. Knapp

  4. Dpto. De Proteccion Vegetal, Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias, Ctra. Del Boqueron, s. n. Valle de Guerra, P. Box 60-38271, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain

    E. Hernandez-Suarez

  5. Instituto Agroforestal Mediterraneo, Universidad Politecnica, Camino de Vera 14, 46022, Valencia, Spain

    F. Ferragut

  6. Applied Zoology Division, Agricultural Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Wufeng, Taichung, 413, Taiwan

    C.-C. Ho

  7. Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR Centre de Biologie et Gestion des Populations, Campus International de Baillarguet, CS 30 016, 34988, Montferrier sur Lez cedex, France

    A. Migeon & M. Navajas

  8. Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen, 2100 Ø, Denmark

    G. Nachman

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Table 8 Developmental duration (days ± S. E.) from egg to adult and pre-oviposition period (days ± S. E.) of seven strains of Tetranychus evansi on nightshade at various temperatures under a 16L:8D photoperiod
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Table 9 Demographic parameters (mean ± S. E.) of seven strains of Tetranychus evansi on nightshade at five temperatures under a 16L:8D photoperiod: net reproductive rate (R 0), intrinsic rate of natural increase (r m, day−1), mean generation time (T, day), finite rate of increase (λ) and doubling time (Dt, day)
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Gotoh, T., Sugimoto, N., Pallini, A. et al. Reproductive performance of seven strains of the tomato red spider mite Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae) at five temperatures. Exp Appl Acarol 52, 239–259 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-010-9362-z

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