Affiliation:
1. Institute of Olive tree and Subtropical Plants, Agrokipio, 73100, Chania, Greece
2. Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Department of Plant and Animal Production, University of Thessaly, Fytokou St. 38446, N. Ionia, Volos Magnisias, Greece
Abstract
Abstract
The developmental time, fecundity, and longevity of Pezothrips kellyanus (Bagnall) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) encaged on lemon, Citrus limon (L.) Burm.f., leaves supplied with different food sources (pollen, sucrose, and honey) were compared at 25°C. Only the addition of pollen offered a nutritional benefit for this thrips species. Pollen to the lemon leaf reduced total developmental time from egg to adult from 12.42 to 9.68 d, increased survival from 22.6 to 80.6%, and increased fecundity. When sugar was offered, only 10% of larvae survived. P. kellyanus larvae were unable to grow on lemon leaves as well as when honey was supplied to the leaves (recorded survival was 22.6 and 42.86%, respectively), and adult females were slightly able to reproduce (1.4 and 4.2 larvae per female, respectively). Pollen and honey supplements fed to adults double and triple adult longevity, respectively.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
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