The effect of ambient temperature on larvae of Scatopsciara cunicularius (Diptera: Sciaridae) feeding on the thallose liverwort Marchantia polymorpha

Title:

The effect of ambient temperature on larvae of Scatopsciara cunicularius (Diptera: Sciaridae) feeding on the thallose liverwort Marchantia polymorpha

Creator:

Sawangproh, Weerachon, Ekroos, Johan, and Cronberg, Nils

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:57a054ea-f612-4b97-bc61-638fea0d33ae
uuid:57a054ea-f612-4b97-bc61-638fea0d33ae
issn:1210-5759
doi:10.14411/eje.2016.030

Subject:

Zoologie, dvoukřídlí, smutnicovití, Diptera, Sciaridae, Scatopsciara cunicularius, gnat larva, sciarid fly, biological control, Marchantia polymorpha, 2, and 59

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article, články, journal articles, model:article, and TEXT

Format:

print, počítač, and online zdroj

Description:

Herbivory on liverworts is rarely reported. We studied the effects of feeding by larvae of the sciarid fly Scatopsciara cunicularius on the growth of the thalloid liverwort Marchantia polymorpha at two different constant temperatures, 12°C and 22°C. Larvae reared at the lower temperature fed slower and over a longer period of time, which resulted in more damage and a greater reduction in the growth of the liverwort than that caused by those reared at the higher temperature. The reduction in growth of the liverwort was positively density-dependent in terms of number of larvae at both temperatures. These results indicate that the larvae of S. cunicularius are likely to be an effective means of controlling M. polymorpha, which is a common weed in plant nurseries and greenhouse cultures., Weerachon Sawangproh, Johan Ekroos, Nils Cronberg., and Obsahuje bibliografii

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2016 Volume:113

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