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Comparative life history studies of Frankliniella occidentalis and Thrips tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on cucumber

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Paul C.J. van Rijn ,
Chris Mollema  and
Greet M. Steenhuis-Broers
Paul C.J. van Rijn*
Affiliation:
Department of Pure and Applied Ecology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Chris Mollema
Affiliation:
DLO-Centre for Plant Breeding and Reproduction Research (CPRO-DLO), Wageningen, The Netherlands
Greet M. Steenhuis-Broers
Affiliation:
DLO-Centre for Plant Breeding and Reproduction Research (CPRO-DLO), Wageningen, The Netherlands
*
P.C.J. van Rijn, University of Amsterdam, Department of Pure and Applied Ecology. Kruislaan 320, 1098 SM Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Abstract

Shortly after its invasion into Europe, the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), became a more severe pest of greenhouse crops than the onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman. To test whether this differential pest status was due to a larger capacity of population increase, a comparative life history study was carried out on cucumber (Cucumis sativus cv. Corona). Experiments at 25°C showed that the egg-to-egg period of F. occidentalis was shorter, but its peak ovipositional rate was lower and its offspring sex ratio more male biased. These differences resulted in a slightly lower intrinsic rate of population increase (rm) for F. occidentalis than for T. tabaci (0.166 vs. 0.176/day). It was shown experimentally that between 15 and 28°C, developmental rate of F. occidentalis is linearly related to temperature, with a theoretical threshold temperature similar to the value reported for T. tabaci (10.9 vs. 11.5°C). It is argued that the rm-value of F. occidentalis will not be higher than that of T. tabaci for any temperature within this range. Alternative explanations for the difference in pest status between the two thrips species are discussed.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 85 , Issue 2 , June 1995 , pp. 285 - 297
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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