EFFECT OF CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION IN AIR ON SOME BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE ONION BULB FLY, Eumerus vestitus BEZZI (SYRPHIDAE, DIPTERA) | ||
Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology | ||
Article 11, Volume 27, Issue 10, October 2002, Pages 7093-7100 PDF (2.15 M) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2002.255366 | ||
Author | ||
H. A. Eishabrawy | ||
Department of Economic Entomology and Pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. | ||
Abstract | ||
The 2nd, 3'd instar larvae, 3 and 8 days old pupae of the onion bulb fly, E. vestitus were exposed to 3 different concentrations of CO2 in air for 24, 48 and 72 hr. The rate of mortality in all treatments was positively correlated with C02-concentration air and the exposure period . Treatments of the 2nd and 3'd instar larvae resulted increasing the larval duration while the rate of pupation was reduced by increasing the C02 concentration and/or the exposure period. Also, the pupal duration was increased while the rate of adult emergence was greatly reduced. Treatments of 3 and 8 days old pupae resulted increasinq the pupal duration but the percent of adult emergence was decreased by increasing the C02 concentration and/or the exposure period. In general, the pupae were more tolerant than the larvae and the 8 days old pupae were more sensitive than the 3 days pupae. | ||
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