Neotropical Entomology (2005) 34, 945-949

Fabiana L. da Fonseca, Adalecio Kovaleski, Josemar Foresti and Rudiney Ringenberg (2005)
Desenvolvimento e exigências térmicas de Trichogramma pretiosum Riley (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) em ovos de Bonagota cranaodes (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
[Development and thermal requirements of Trichogramma pretiosum Riley (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) on eggs of Bonagota cranaodes (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)]
Neotropical Entomology 34 (6), 945-949
Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the development of Trichogramma pretiosum Riley on eggs of Bonagota cranaodes (Meyrick) under different temperatures. B. cranaodes eggs were maintained under seven constant temperatures (14, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28 and 30ºC), 70 ± 10% R.H. and, 14 h L. Forty replicates with 20 parasitized eggs each were kept in glass tubes (8.5 x 2.5 cm) covered with a plastic film. The method of hyperbole was used to calculate the temperature threshold (Tb) and the thermal constant (K). The Tb obtained was 11.9ºC and to thermal constant was 153,4 DD. The most favorable temperature range was from 25ºC to 30ºC, at which the shortest egg-adult development period and the highest survivorship were observed.

O objetivo do trabalho foi estudar o desenvolvimento do parasitóide Trichogramma pretiosum Riley em ovos de Bonagota cranaodes (Meyrick), sob diferentes temperaturas. Foram utilizadas sete temperaturas constantes (14, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28 e 30ºC), umidade de 70 ± 10% e fotoperíodo de 14h. Foram utilizadas 40 repetições com 20 ovos parasitados de B. cranaodes mantidos em tubos de vidro (8,5 x 2,5 cm), vedados com filme plástico transparentes. Para o cálculo do limiar inferior de temperatura (Tb) e da constante térmica (K) foi utilizado o método da hipérbole. A Tb foi de 11,9ºC e a constante térmica 153,4 GD. A faixa de temperatura mais adequada para a criação de T. pretiosum situou-se entre 25ºC e 30ºC, quando se obteve o menor ciclo ovo-adulto, maiores taxas de emergência e o maior número de indivíduos emergidos por ovo.
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Database assignments for author(s): Adalecio Kovaleski

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Bonagota salubricola
Trichogramma pretiosum (parasitoid)	Bonagota salubricola