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Effects of temperature and density on the mortality and reproduction of cotton aphid Aphis gossypii.

GAO Gui-zhen1,2,3, LU Zhao-zhi1, XIA De-ping1, SUN Ping1, MA Ji-hong1, XU Yang-cheng1   

  1. (1Key Laboratory of Biography and Bioresource in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, China; 2Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; 3Institute of Desert Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Urumqi 830002, Xinjiang,China)
  • Online:2013-05-18 Published:2013-05-18

Abstract: A laboratory cotton leaf disc experiment was conducted to study the effects of different temperature (32, 34, 36, 38, and 40 ℃) and density (5, 25, 50, and 75 individuals per dish) on the mortality and reproduction of Aphis gossypii.  With the increase of temperature, density, and culture duration, the cumulative mortality  of A. gossypii presented an increasing trend.  The parameters estimated by complementary loglog (CLL) model showed that the β value decreased with the increase of density, indicating that the effects of temperature weakened with increasing density. The γj value, a parameter for the time effect of temperature, changed with  culture duration, indicating that the morality of A. gossypii was co-affected by the temperature and culture duration. The two-way ANOVA analysis of variance showed that temperature and density had significant effects on the fecundity of A. gossypii, and there existed interactive effect. At 32-36 ℃, the reproduction rate of A. gossypii decreased with the increase of density, but at 40 ℃, no significant difference was observed in the reproduction rate under different densities, suggesting that the density effect was weakened with increasing temperature, i.e., the contribution of temperature and density to the survival and reproduction of individual varied with the ranges of the temperature and density. This study could provide reference for the monitoring and forecasting of A. gossypii population and for the improvement of pests control.