TY - JOUR
JF - Acarologia
T1 - Development, reproduction and life table parameters of Tetranychus turkestani (Acari: Tetranychidae) on three different host plants
VL - 60
IS - 3
SP - 643
EP - 655
PY - 2020
SN - 0044-586X
SN - 2107-7207
PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU - Bazazzadeh, Fereshteh
AU - Shishehbor, Parviz
AU - Esfandiari, Mehdi
AU - Farahi, Sara
UR - https://doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20204393
DO - 10.24349/acarologia/20204393
DA - 2020-09-22
ET - 2020-09-22
KW - strawberry spider mite
KW - survival, longevity, fecundity, Fabaceae
AB - The strawberry spider mite, Tetranychus turkestani Ugarov & Nikolski, is one of the most important pests of different field and glasshouse crops in Iran. The objectives of the current study were to determine developmental time, survival, reproduction and life table parameters of T. turkestani on three plant species: cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.), white bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) and red bean (Phaseolus calcaratus Roxb.) at 25 ± 1 °C, 60 ± 10 % RH and a photoperiod of 16:8 (L:D). The mean developmental time from egg to adult on cowpea, white bean and red bean were 11.99, 10.43 and 10.46 days, respectively. The total preadult survival rates varied from 75% to 80%. Females of T. turkestani oviposited means of 65.13, 44.03 and 32.69 eggs on cowpea, white bean and red bean, respectively, and had a mean longevity of 13.92, 9.08 and 7.23 days on the same three host plants. The intrinsic rate of increase (rm) varied from 0.18 to 0.21. The net reproductive rate (R0) was higher on cowpea (42.33) than on white bean (24.95) or red bean (14.16). Using these measures, T. turkestani performance was best on cowpea, worst on red bean, and intermediate on white bean.
ER -