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Determination of Thermal Constant and Development Threshold of Red Cotton Bug, Dysdercus cingulatus (F.)

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Effect of constant temperatures viz, 18 ± 1, 21 ± 1, 27 ± 1, 30 ± 1 and 33 ± 1 °C on egg and nymphal development of Dysdercus cingulatus revealed that the development rate of egg and nymphs gradually increased with increase in temperature, while total development period decreased but started to increase again at 33 ± 1 °C. The development threshold was determined to be 12.46, 11.56, 12.9, 11.2, 10.9 and 10 °C for egg and nymphs (I to V instar), respectively, with corresponding thermal constant being 66.7, 62.5, 47.6, 71.4, 76.9 and 100 DD. Total thermal constant requirement to complete a generation was thus 425.1 DD.

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The authors acknowledge Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (Grant No. DST/INSPIRE Fellowship/2012/705), New Delhi for providing financial assistance in the form of INSPIRE Fellowship and Chairman, Department of Plant Protection, Aligarh Muslim University for providing facilities to conduct the present study.

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  1. Department of Agricultural Sciences, School of Basic Science and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida, 201310, India

    Uzma Manzoor

  2. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India

    Masarrat Haseeb & Maher Moraeit

  3. Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India

    Subhash Chander

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Manzoor, U., Haseeb, M., Chander, S. et al. Determination of Thermal Constant and Development Threshold of Red Cotton Bug, Dysdercus cingulatus (F.). Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. 43, 307–310 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-019-00866-2

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