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1 March 2009 Age-Specific Life Table Parameters and Survivorship of an Iranian Population of the Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) at Different Constant Temperatures
Hossein Ranjbar Aghdam, Yaghoub Fathipour, Dimitris C. Kontodimas, Gholamreza Radjabi, Mohammadreza Rezapanah
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Abstract

Age-specific life table parameters and survivorship, adult longevity, reproduction periods, fertility, and sex ratio of the codling moth were studied at eight constant temperatures (10, 14, 20, 25, 27, 30, 33, and 35 ±0.5°C). Among the examined temperatures, the highest values of net reproductive rate, intrinsic rate of increase, and finite rate of increase were 18.28 (females/female), 0.08 (females/female/d), and 1.08 at 27°C, respectively. Similarly, the highest value of sex ratio was 0.56 [females/ (females males)] at 27°C. The highest mean generation time and doubling time were 72.26 and 23.09 d, respectively, at 20°C. To present a suitable model for intrinsic rate of increase at different temperatures, a nonlinear Lactin model was fitted to our observations. The longest preoviposition period was 2.77 and 2.55 d at 20 and 30°C, respectively. Also, the longest oviposition period was 8.46 d at 20°C. Postoviposition period was not statistically different at examined temperatures. The Weibull frequency distribution was used to describe the age-specific survival of the female adults. Based on the Weibull distribution parameters, the survival curves were type I at all examined temperatures, which indicates that mortality mostly occurred in old individuals. These findings confirmed that temperature is a critical environmental factor affecting codling moth population growth.

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Hossein Ranjbar Aghdam, Yaghoub Fathipour, Dimitris C. Kontodimas, Gholamreza Radjabi, and Mohammadreza Rezapanah "Age-Specific Life Table Parameters and Survivorship of an Iranian Population of the Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) at Different Constant Temperatures," Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102(2), 233-240, (1 March 2009). https://doi.org/10.1603/008.102.0205
Received: 16 June 2008; Accepted: 1 January 2009; Published: 1 March 2009
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KEYWORDS
codling moth
fertility
Life table parameters
reproduction
Weibull distribution
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