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Influence of low temperature on juvenile development, adult emergence and parasitism of trichogramma chilonis in captivity

Altamash Khan, Javid A. Abro, Sher Ahmed, Zahoor A. Khetran, Shahzad A. Shahwani, Abid Hussain, Muhammad Amin, Abdul Latif, Asif Mastoi, Zaheer Ahmed

Abstract


The study was conducted in mass-rearing laboratories of beneficial insects at the Nuclear Institute of Agriculture Tandojam, to determine the optimum storage temperature of parasitoid Trichogramma chilonis after parasitization on Sitotroga cerealella eggs. Two hundred host eggs were pasted on white paper card strips with Vachellia nilotica tree gum, and these card strips were offered to parasitoid T. chilonis adults confined in glass jars. Honey solution (10%) on paper strips was provided to parasitoids as an adult diet inside the glass vessels. For parasitization, the host eggs on the strip, referred to as parasitized eggs, were taken out from glass jars and kept at six different low temperatures of 10, 8, 6, 4, -6 and -4°C along with control 25±2oC temperature in complete darkness. The results showed that the weekly maximum parasitism percentage of Trichogramma chilonis under lab conditions was observed at 10oC followed by 8oC and 6oC. The minimum parasitism percentage of Trichogramma chilonis under lab conditions was observed at 4oC. Weekly maximum adult emergence of Trichogramma chilonis under lab conditions was observed at 10oC followed by 8oC and 6oC. Minimum adult emergence of Trichogramma chilonis under lab conditions was observed at 4oC. The weekly maximum juvenile development period of Trichogramma chilonis under lab conditions was observed at 4oC followed by 6oC and 8oC. The minimum juvenile development period of Trichogramma chilonis under lab conditions was observed at 10oC. While no emergence was found in -6oC and -4oC. The developmental period was positively correlated with the storage period and the duration of development significantly decreases as the temperature increases from lower to higher concentrations.

Keywords


Temperature; Juvenile development; Parasitism; Trichogramma chilonis in captivity

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DOI: 10.33687/ijae.012.002.5200

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