Annals of the Entomological Society of America (2010) 103, 574-579

Mahmoud Soufbaf, Yaghoub Fathipour, Javad Karimzadeh and Myron P. Zalucki (2010)
Development and age-specific mortality of diamondback moth on Brassica host plants: Pattern and causes of mortality under laboratory conditions
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 103 (4), 574-579
Abstract: The development and mortality of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.), were studied in laboratory at 25 ± 1°C, 65 ± 5% RH, and a photoperiod of 16:8 (L:D) h on 10 canola cultivars: 'SLM₀₄₆,' 'Opera,' 'Okapi,' 'RGS₀₀₃,' 'Modena,' 'Sarigol,' 'Zarfam,' 'Licord,' 'Hayula₄₂₀,' and 'Talaye.' Larvae successfully survived on all host plants. The developmental time of immature stages ranged from 15.03 ± 0.15 d on Hayula₄₂₀ to 16.65 ± 0.29 d on Opera, with a larval period ranging from 7.67 to 8.91 d on these cultivars. Adult female longevity was longest on Hayula₄₂₀ without any supplemental food. Life table entropy values (H < 0.5) indicated Deevey's type I survivorship curve; however, the value of 0.541 on Hayula₄₂₀ (H > 0.5) corresponded to type III. Major mortality parameters such as fraction of original cohort dying between successive days of age, death frequency (d_x) of immature P. xylostella, average daily mortality (µ_x), and central death rate (m_x) were evaluated on canola cultivars and indicated that the highest m_x occurred on RGS₀₀₃, with relatively low potential of population growth, on fifth day of life when the pest is in early larval stages (Ll and L2). The early instars are the most susceptible stages and suffer the highest cause-specific mortality under laboratory conditions.
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Database assignments for author(s): Yaghoub Fathipour, Javad Karimzadeh, Myron P. Zalucki

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.
	Plutella xylostella	Rape/canola (Brassica napus)