title: Response of omnivorous leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and onion thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) to low-temperature storage.
abstract: Eggs and first-fifth instars of omnivorous leafroller, Platynota stultana Walshingham, had a mean percentage survival to the adult stage of 60.7-95.2% for nonexposed immatures and 14.5-54.3% for immatures exposed to 1 wk at 0-1 degree C. Exposures of 2-5 wk resulted in 0-6.7% survival, and a 6-wk exposure resulted in < 1% survival of all stages tested. A significant reduction in survival of all larval stages occurred between exposures of 0 and 1 wk and between 1 wk and 2-6 wk. Survival of eggs after exposures of 0 and 1 wk was significantly different than survival after exposures of 2-6 wk. The second instar was the stage least susceptible to low-temperature storage. Adults that were exposed to low temperature for 1 wk in the third through fifth instars laid a mean of 120-289 eggs per female, and the mean percentage viability of the eggs ranged from 56.2 to 71.4%. Mean percentage survival of adults and nymphs of onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman, was inversely related to the duration of exposure from 1 through 3-6 wk at 0-1 and 5 degrees C and was lower at 0-1 (0.2-52.5%) than at 5 degrees C (17.6-66.6%). Exposure to 0-1 degree C for 4 wk attained 91.2% control, which increased to 99.8% after 6 wk. Low-temperature storage has potential to control omnivorous leafroller in table grapes, Vitis vinifera L., and onion thrips in onions, Allium cepa L.
authors.affiliation: Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Fresno, CA 93727, USA.
authors.forename: V Y
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003080:Cold Temperature; D005260:Female; D007300:Insect Control / Q000379:methods*; D007313:Insecta; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths; D019697:Onions