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Comparison of adult emergence of wheat stem sawfly from material overwintered in the field and the laboratory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

Kevin J. Delaney*
Affiliation:
Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, 334 Leon Johnson Hall, Bozeman, Montana 59717–3120, United States of America
Joel Perez-Mendoza
Affiliation:
Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, 334 Leon Johnson Hall, Bozeman, Montana 59717–3120, United States of America
David K. Weaver
Affiliation:
Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, 334 Leon Johnson Hall, Bozeman, Montana 59717–3120, United States of America
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: [email protected]).

Abstract

We examined whether collection time (pre-winter vs. post-winter) influenced adult and female emergence success and body mass of wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera: Cephidae), from four Montana populations in 2005-2006. Adult emergence was generally higher from post-harvest material in post-winter collections but varied widely among populations. No significant effect of collection time on male-biased adult emergence from post-harvest residue collected near Conrad (37% vs. 31%) was detected, although adult emergence was greater for post-winter collection than for pre-winter collections from sites near Havre (90% vs. 81%), near Amsterdam (88% vs. 41%), and near Loring (67% vs. 0%); these three populations had a bias towards adult females that exceeded 2:1. Adult body mass was greater for post-winter-collected males (30% higher) and females (15%) only from near Amsterdam. Diapausing C. cinctus larvae overwintering under field conditions had better adult emergence, and spring collection is recommended in order to minimize time allocated to acquiring C. cinctus populations for research.

Résumé

Nous avons vérifié si le moment du prélèvement (avant ou après l’hiver) affecte le succès de l’émergence et la masse corporelle des adultes et des femelles du cèphe du blé, Cephus cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera: Cephidae) dans quatre populations du Montana en 2005 - 2006. L’émergence des adultes est en général plus importante dans des glanures prélevées après l’hiver, mais la différence varie considérablement d’une population à l’autre. Il n’y a pas d’effet significatif du moment du prélèvement sur l’émergence des adultes, qui favorise les mâles, dans des glanures récoltées près de Conrad (37 % vs. 31 %); en revanche, l’émergence des adultes est plus importante dans les prélèvements faits après l’hiver que dans ceux réalisés avant l’hiver dans les sites près de Havre (90 % vs. 81 %), près d’Amsterdam (88 % vs. 41 %) et près de Loring (67 % vs. 0 %); dans ces trois populations, il y a une prédominance de femelles dans l’émergence des adultes qui dépasse 2:1. On observe une masse corporelle adulte plus considérable chez les mâles (30 % supérieure) et les femelles (15 %) prélevés après l’hiver, mais seulement près d’Amsterdam. Les larves de C. cinctus en diapause qui passent l’hiver dans les conditions de champ réussissent mieux leur émergence; nous recommandons donc de les prélever au printemps pour réduire le temps nécessaire pour obtenir des populations de C. cinctus pour des fins de recherche.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2008

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