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Research Project: INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF PESTS AFFECTING COTTON: PLANT GENETICS, BIOCONTROL, AND NOVEL METHODS OF PEST ESTIMATION Title: Age specific fecundity of Lygus hesperus in high, fluctuating temperatures.

Authors
item Bancroft, Jay
item Thompson, Rikki
item Garcia, Maria
item Welch, Jason

Submitted to: Journal of Insect Science
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: June 14, 2007
Publication Date: N/A

Technical Abstract: We have simulated hourly temperatures to examine Lygus response to hot summers in the San Joaquin Valley. Constant temperature of 33C quickly killed Lygus and SJV temperatures routinely surpass this level. Average hourly temperatures were tested for the months May, July, and September. Age specific fecundity was measured in our standard bean/sunflower seed diet. The results show heat stress in late summer has an adverse affect on Lygus populations, which corroborates observed seasonal population dynamics

   

 
Project Team
Spurgeon, Dale
Cooper, William - Rodney
Ulloa, Mauricio
Bennett, Rebecca
 
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