Survival of Bemisia tabaci adults under different climatic conditions
Survival of Bemisia tabaci adults under different climatic conditions
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00343476
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发表时间:
1996-09-01
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
Taylor, RAJ
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作者:
Berlinger, MJ;LehmannSigura, N;Taylor, RAJ
The ability of the sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Gennad., to survive a range of environmental conditions was investigated in the laboratory. The range of temperature and humidity investigated corresponds to the normal climatic range during B. tabaci's summer migration in Israel. Adult whiteflies confined to small test cages were exposed to combinations of temperature (25, 30, 35, and 41 degrees C) and relative humidity (20, 50, 80, and 100%) for periods of 2, 4, or 6 h.A logistic regression model describing the four-dimensional surface defining percent survival as a function of time, temperature, and humidity was developed. Using stepwise regression to exclude non-significant terms, the linear predictor included temperature, and the products of temperature and time, and humidity and time. The model accounted for 75% of the variance. A reparameterization of the fitted regression model suggests that survival potential is conditioned by temperature conditions prevailing during the previous 10 h.Whitefly survival after 2 h exposure ranged from approximate to 90% survival at 25 degrees C and 100% RH, to