Effect of temperature on the survival and infectivity of Pseudotheraptus devastans vector
| cg.authorship.types | CGIAR and developing country institute | |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | University of Ibadan | |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture | |
| cg.coverage.country | Nigeria | |
| cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | NG | |
| cg.coverage.region | Africa | |
| cg.coverage.region | Western Africa | |
| cg.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-004-8667-z | |
| cg.isijournal | ISI Journal | |
| cg.issn | 0301-486X | |
| cg.issue | 3 | |
| cg.journal | Mycopathologia | |
| cg.reviewStatus | Peer Review | |
| cg.subject.iita | PLANT DISEASES | |
| cg.subject.iita | PLANT HEALTH | |
| cg.subject.iita | DISEASE CONTROL | |
| cg.subject.iita | CASSAVA | |
| cg.subject.iita | PESTS OF PLANTS | |
| cg.volume | 158 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fokunang, C.N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dixon, A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ikotun, T. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-21T14:12:57Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2019-08-21T14:12:57Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103325 | |
| dc.title | Effect of temperature on the survival and infectivity of Pseudotheraptus devastans vector | en |
| dcterms.abstract | The aim of this study was to investigate under a controlled environment, the effect of temperature on the survival and infectivity of Pseudotheraptus devastans Distant, a cassava anthracnose disease vector. The insect P. devastans was collected from young cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) field plots, at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria. A mixture of the different developmental stages of eggs, first to fifth instar nymphs, and adults, were incubated in controlled environment chambers, under various constant temperatures of: 15, 17, 22, 25, 27, 30, and 35°C. Relative humidity at different temperature conditions were recorded and maintained at 90%, 85%, 80%, 75%, 70%, 65%, and 60%, respectively. A significant increase in insect survival was observed between 22 and 27°C temperature conditions while a significant decrease in survival was observed at 15°C and above 30°C. Lesion number, lesion diameter and infectivity among the insect stages varied as a function of temperature and relative humidity. Infectivity was highest at 22–25°C maintained at 75–80% RH and lowest at 15°C and above 30°C maintained respectively, at 65% RH and 90% RH. There was considerable low vector infectivity due to low survival of the insects at extreme temperatures. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Limited Access | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Fokunang, C.N., Dixon, A. G. & Ikotun, T. (2004). Effect of temperature on the survival and infectivity of Pseudotheraptus devastans vector. Mycopathologia, 158(3), 385. | en |
| dcterms.extent | pp. 385-392 | |
| dcterms.issued | 2004-10 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.license | Copyrighted; all rights reserved | |
| dcterms.publisher | Springer | |
| dcterms.subject | cassava | en |
| dcterms.subject | bugs | en |
| dcterms.subject | coreidae | en |
| dcterms.subject | heteroptera | en |
| dcterms.subject | vectors | en |
| dcterms.type | Journal Article |