title: Multi-generation life tables of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) biotype B (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) under high-temperature stress.
abstract: Much attention has been focused on insects' ability to survive long-term high-temperature stress and on their resulting population distributions under global warming. In this study, life tables of the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) biotype B, were  collected over five consecutive generations at 27, 31, and 35°C and for one generation at 37°C. At 37°C, the intrinsic rate of increase (r) and the net reproductive rate (r(0)) of the whitefly were 0.0383 d(-1) and 2.8 offspring, respectively.  These results demonstrate that the lethal high temperature for B. tabaci is >37°C. At 27°C, neither r(0) nor r decreased over the generations studied. However, both of these values decreased over time at 31 and 35°C, and the decrease was more evident  at 35°C. Our results on the ability of B. tabaci biotype B to survive long-term high-temperature stress are important for understanding its population distribution under global warming.
authors: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, #12, Zhong-Guan-Cun Nan-Da-Jie, Haidian, Beijing 100081, China. guojy@mail.caas.net.cn
authors: Jian-Ying
authors: JY
authors: Guo
authors: Lin
authors: L
authors: Cong
authors: Zhong-Shi
authors: ZS
authors: Zhou
authors: Fang-Hao
authors: FH
authors: Wan
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D057232:Global Warming; D018869:Heat-Shock Response; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum; D008297:Male