Factors affecting the potential increase rate (e', PIR), as defined by Hughes, in populations of Sitobion αvenαe (F.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae
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Jan 8, 1983
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Potential increase rate Sitobion avenae Aphelinus abdominalis Instar-period Aphid-feeding species Selective pre-reproductive mortalities
Abstract
The potential rate of increase (PIR), used in Hughes’ time-specific life table analysis for aphid populations as a multiplication factor for the instar-period was studied in popula(ions of Sitobion avenae (F.) in the absence and presence of the parasite Aphelinus abdominalis (Dalman) under controlled conditions. Two factors were mainly found to alter PIR values in the presence of parasites. These were the feeding preference of adult A. abdominalis for the first instar aphids and the prolonged instar duration of the third instar of aphids which had been parasitized by an adult parasite at the first instar. These two factors contributed to lower values of PIR and as a consequence to an underestimation of the expected (potential) population for the next instar-period
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Lykouressis, D. P., & Emden Η. V. (1983). Factors affecting the potential increase rate (e’, PIR), as defined by Hughes, in populations of Sitobion αvenαe (F.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae. ENTOMOLOGIA HELLENICA, 1, 53–57. https://doi.org/10.12681/eh.13894
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