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Influence of temperature on the demographics and control efficiency of Aphelinus asychis, a parasitoid of the cabbage pest, Myzus persicae

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Aphelinus asychis has been used to control various species of aphids. Temperature is a crucial abiotic factor for the development and reproduction of insects. This study examined the influence of different constant temperatures (20, 25 and 30 °C) on the longevity, net reproductive rate (R0), intrinsic rate of increase (r), net killing rate (Z0) and finite killing rate (θ) of A. asychis parasitizing the cabbage pest Myzus persicae, and compared its control efficiency. The results showed that increasing temperature decreased the longevity of A. asychis significantly. The value of r was significantly higher at 30 °C than at 25 and 20o C. Similarly, θ was significantly higher at 30 °C (0.7163 aphids) than at 25 (0.5654 aphids) and 20o C (0.3522 aphids). Aphelinus asychis could produce progeny successfully within the range of 20-30 °C and its control efficiency was higher at high temperatures than at low temperatures. We discuss the implications of these results for the application of this parasitoid for the biological control of the cabbage aphid in greenhouse and field conditions.

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This work was supported by the Open Foundation of key laboratory for comprehensive management against crop pests at Northwest Loess Plateau of Agriculture Department (KFJJ20180109), Scientific Natural Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LGN19C140007), Developing Foundation of Zhejiang A&F University (2017FR007), China National Basic Research 973 Program (Grant No. 2013CB127604-3) and China Natural Science Foundation (31272089 and 31701848). We thank James Ridsdill-Smith (Entomologist, School of Animal Biology and Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia) for comments and language assistance on an earlier draft of this paper.

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Wang, S.Y., Zhang, D. & Liu, TX. Influence of temperature on the demographics and control efficiency of Aphelinus asychis, a parasitoid of the cabbage pest, Myzus persicae. Phytoparasitica 48, 767–783 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-020-00822-7

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