Journal of Pest Science (2004) 77, 137-138

S.C. Papadopoulou (2004)
Experimental verification of Lasioderma serricorne (F.) pupa development threshold previously defined using the thermal constant equation K=D(T-t)
Journal of Pest Science 77 (3), 137-138
Abstract: This work verifies the development threshold of the pupal stage of L. serricorne whose larva fed exclusively on dried tobacco leaves. In previous work, using the thermal constant equation, this threshold was found to be 13.8 °C and the thermal constant to range from 89.05 to 94.05 day-degrees (°C). Lower temperatures, 10.5±0.5, 11.5±0.5 and 12.5±0.5 °C, close to this threshold, were tested in the absence of light and at a relative humidity of 65±3% . It was found that no development of either larva or pupa exists below this threshold.
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Database assignments for author(s): Smaragdi C. Papadopoulou

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Lasioderma serricorne