EFFECT OF COLD STORAGE ON SOME BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CORANI/S AFRICANA EL-SEBAEY (HETEROPTEFtA : REDUVIIDAE) | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||
| Article 9, Volume 85, Issue 2, July 2007, Pages 475-487 PDF (3.15 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2007.214442 | ||
| Author | ||
| EMAN I. A. EL-SEBAEY | ||
| Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The Asslan bug Coranus afn'cana EI-Sebaey (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) has recently been recorded in Egypt. It is occurred on various economic and wild plants at different locations. In the present work the effect of cold storage temperatures (5, 10, 15°C) and 70% R.H, using the larval stage of Anagasta kuehnklla Zell (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) as a prey were studied. The storage periods of five nymphal stages, male and female at 15°C averaged 5.1, 6.43, 7.3, 8.9, 10.01, 10.31 and 9.79 weeks respectively. They were longer than storage periods at 10 and 5°C. Parameters of reporoductive biology, age specific survivorship, fecundity, egg hatchability and food consumption were also influenced by storage temperatures. | ||
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