The life history of Bemisia argentifolii Bellows & Perring (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on tomato (Lycopersicum spp.) was studied based on the age-stage, two-sex life table at 15, 20, 25, 28, 30, and 35 degrees C. The intrinsic rate of increase (r) at these temperatures is -0.0176, 0.0667, 0.1469, 0.1611, 0.1745, and 0.0989 d(-1), respectively. The relationship among the gross reproductive rate (GR...

spodoptera exigua (hübner) was studied in laboratory (25±1ºc, 60±5% rh, and 16:8 l:d h) exploring the antibiotic effects of 10 canola cultivars (sarigol, slm046, hayula420, rgs003, opera, okapi, licord, modena, zarfam and talaye) on its demographic parameters. the age-stage, two-sex and the traditional female age-specific life tables were constructed by using the demographic data. the larval pe...

The stinkbug Supputius cincticeps (Stål) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) can be found in agricultural and forest ecosystems feeding primarily on larvae of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, where it can be exposed to insecticide applications. This study therefore aimed to evaluate the reproductive potential of S. cincticeps after exposition to sublethal doses of permethrin (5.74 x 10(-3), 5.74 x 10(-2), 5...

Abstract: Understanding the relationship between life-history patterns and population growth is central to demographic studies. Here we derive a new method for calculating the timing of reproductive output, from which the generation time and its variance can also be calculated. The method is based on the explicit computation of the net reproductive rate (R0) using a new graphical approach. Usin...

The reproductive performance of the parasitoid Habrobracon hebetor (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) against the moths Anagasta kuehniella Zeller and Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) was studied in the laboratory. The analysis was based on the comparison of parasitoid's life table parameters related to those of its hosts at various conditions of host density (daily supply o...

DemographyofHabrobraconhebetor(Say)(Hymenoptera:Braconidae)on twopyralid host species [Galleria mellonella (L.) and Ephestia kuehniella Zeller] (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) was studied at 28 C in the laboratory. Data were analyzed based on an age-stage, two-sex life table, to take both sexes and variable development into consideration. The intrinsic rate of increase (r), Þnite rate of increase ( ),...

-the cowpea aphid, aphis craccivora koch, is an important pest of robinia pseudoacacia frisia. life table parameters of a. craccivora were determined under natural (16- 33ºc and 32-89% rh, respectively) and laboratory (25 ± 1ºc, rh of 70 ± 5% and a photoperiod of 16:8 h (l: d) conditions. the data were analyzed using the age-stage, two-sex life table theory. each experiment was replicated 45 ti...

the effects of four corn hybrids, keynes540, keynes410, ksc260 and ksc400, were investigated on life table parameters of the beet armyworm in a growth chamber that was set at 25 ± 1 ºc, 65 ± 5% rh and 16:8 (l: d) photoperiod. the highest survivorship (lx) of adults were 0.77, 0.70, 0.62 and 0.58 on ksc260, keynes410, keynes540 and ksc400, respectively. the highest age-specific fecundity (mx) of...