| The aim of this work was to determine the temperature effect on Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) biological development. Its biological and population parameters were evaluated on the Cuban tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cultivar Vyta at temperatures of 25±1ºC and 20/30±1ºC under controlled conditions. The duration (in days) of the egg, larval and pupal stages and reproductive periods, as well as the sex ratio, the viability of eggs and pupae (in per cent), total fecundity/female and longevity obtained at different temperature regimens were compared between treatments by ANOVA with Mann-Whitney test (p<0.05). The larval survival (in per cent) was compared between treatments by ANOVA with Bonferroni test (p<0.05).Only the egg stage and the pre-oviposition... |
