Effects of different wavelengths of light on the life attributes of two aphidophagous ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Title:

Effects of different wavelengths of light on the life attributes of two aphidophagous ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Creator:

Mishra, Geetanjali, Singh, and Omkar

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:cd4fc7ef-cad8-466b-bd24-39cc1d551a4c
uuid:cd4fc7ef-cad8-466b-bd24-39cc1d551a4c

Subject:

Wavelength, ladybird, life attributes, Cheilomenes sexmaculata, Propylea dissecta, and fitness

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

The effect of different wavelengths of light, white (control; broad spectrum), blue (ca. 475 nm), yellow (ca. 570 nm) and red (ca. 650 nm), at constant intensity (195 ± 5 lux) on developmental time, reproductive and non-reproductive periods, fecundity, egg viability, prey consumption and fitness of two aphidophagous ladybirds, Cheilomenes sexmaculata and Propylea dissecta were studied. Both ladybird species consumed most aphids, developed fastest and reproduced best when kept under white light, followed by yellow, blue and red light. Fitness of both the ladybirds was highest under white and lowest under red light. There were positive correlations between prey consumption and developmental rate, and prey consumption and fecundity.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2005 Volume:102 | Number:1

Harvested from:

CDK

Metadata only:

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