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Desiccation resistance of wild and mass-reared Bactrocera tryoni (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2013

C.W. Weldon ,
S. Yap  and
P.W. Taylor
C.W. Weldon*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, South Africa
S. Yap
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia
P.W. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia
*
*Author for correspondence Phone: +27 12 420 3234 Fax: +27 12 362 5242 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
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Abstract

In pest management programmes that incorporate the sterile insect technique (SIT), the ability of mass-reared insects to tolerate dry conditions may influence their survival after release in the field. In the present study, desiccation resistance of adult mass-reared Queensland fruit flies, Bactrocera tryoni (Frogatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae), that are routinely released in SIT programmes was compared with that of wild flies at 1, 10 and 20 days after adult eclosion. Under dry conditions without access to food or water, longevity of mass-reared B. tryoni was significantly less than that of their wild counterparts. Desiccation resistance of mass-reared flies declined monotonically with age, but this was not the case for wild flies. The sharp decline in desiccation resistance of mass-reared flies as they aged was likely explained by decreased dehydration tolerance. As in an earlier study, desiccation resistance of females was significantly lower than that of males but this was particularly pronounced in mass-reared females. Female susceptibility to dry conditions corresponded with declining dehydration tolerance with age and associated patterns of reproductive development, which suggests that water content of their oocyte load is not available for survival during periods of water stress.

Keywords

Body massdehydration toleranceQueensland fruit flybody waterTephritidae
Type
Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 103 , Issue 6 , December 2013 , pp. 690 - 699
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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