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22 January 2022 Effect of High Temperature and Natural Enemies on the Interspecies Competition Between Two Wheat Aphid Species, Rhopalosiphum padi and Sitobion miscanthi
Jin Miao, Pei Guo, Yunhui Zhang, Xiaoling Tan, Julian Chen, Yaofa Li, Yuqing Wu
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Abstract

Interspecies competition affects the distribution, quantity, and community structure of insects, especially among closely-related (congeners) species. Some ecological factors differentially affect the fitness of co-existing species, thus conferring an advantage on one competitor, and then the structure of communities. The present work evaluated the effects of high temperature and natural enemies on the interspecific competition between the grain aphid Sitobion miscanthi (Takahashi) (Aphididae: Hemiptera) and bird cherry-oat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), two key pests of wheat in China. Results showed that the population growth of R. padi was faster at 30°C, and the intrinsic rate of natural increase (rm) value was 5 times that of S. miscanthi, indicating that R. padi was more high-temperature resistant and has advantages in interspecific competition at high temperature. Moreover, compared to S. miscanthi, the population of R. padi was less affected by their predator, larvae of the multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), and aphid parasitoids, Aphidius avenae (Haliday) or Aphidius gifuensis (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae), which made them gain an advantage in the interspecific competition. Our results enrich the knowledge of phytophagous insect interspecific completion and implicate the ecological mechanism of R. padi may become the dominant species in wheat fields in China.

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Jin Miao, Pei Guo, Yunhui Zhang, Xiaoling Tan, Julian Chen, Yaofa Li, and Yuqing Wu "Effect of High Temperature and Natural Enemies on the Interspecies Competition Between Two Wheat Aphid Species, Rhopalosiphum padi and Sitobion miscanthi," Journal of Economic Entomology 115(2), 539-544, (22 January 2022). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab271
Received: 6 November 2021; Accepted: 24 December 2021; Published: 22 January 2022
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high temperature
interspecies competition
natural enemy
wheat aphid
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