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[Effect of temperature on developmental duration of Amblyseius cucumeris]
Jiamin Li1, Jiale Lü, Yunfang Qu
1Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Abstract:
With Polyphagotarsonemus latus as its prey, the developmental duration of Amblyseius cucumeris was 13.02, 9.61, 5.96, 5.26, 4.65, 4.78, and 5.80 days at 18, 20, 23, 25, 28, 30, and 31 degrees C, respectively. The eggs of A. cucumeris could not hatch at 32 degrees C. The lower and upper developmental thresholds and the optimum developmental temperature of A. cucumeris from eggs to adults were 12.77 degrees C, 33.50 degrees C and 23.87 degrees C, respectively.

