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Overwintering survival of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in temperature regimes emulating partly protected winter conditions in a cold–temperate climate of Québec, Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2021

Conrad Cloutier*
Affiliation:
Département de Biologie, Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon, Université Laval, 1045 avenue de la Médecine, Québec, Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada
Jean-Frédéric Guay
Affiliation:
Département de Biologie, Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon, Université Laval, 1045 avenue de la Médecine, Québec, Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada
William Champagne-Cauchon
Affiliation:
Département de Biologie, Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon, Université Laval, 1045 avenue de la Médecine, Québec, Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada
Valérie Fournier
Affiliation:
Département de Phytologie, Centre de recherche et d’innovation sur les végétaux, Université Laval, 2480 boulevard Hochelaga, Québec, Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada
*
*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]

Abstract

Field-acclimated Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, Québec, Canada, were examined over two years for winter survival, under the hypothesis that flies select protected overwintering microhabitats. In 2016–2017, flies trapped alive in the field or emerged from infested fruits were submitted to four winter regimes of either constant or daily fluctuating temperatures of 5 °C (2–8 °C) or 10 °C (7–13 °C). In 2017–2018, two fluctuating regimes averaging either 1 °C (–2 to 4 °C) or 3 °C (0–6 °C) were tested. Survival was modelled using Cox proportional hazard models testing probability that mortality risk varies with cold winter regime, fly sex, and fly provenance. Hazard ratios were about 1.7 times higher for males than for females. Models indicate that flies in constant and fluctuating 10 °C, in constant 5 °C, or in fluctuating 1 °C with daily exposure to –2 °C would not survive a six-month winter. Female survival extended to the next summer in fluctuating regimes averaging 5 °C or 3 °C. Estimates of 0.95 quantile survival (5%) indicate that overwintering D. suzukii experiencing such cold temperature regimes during winter, with no prolonged sub-zero temperatures, could survive until July of the following year, which is likely at the high population densities observed.

Résumé

Résumé

La survie hivernale de Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) provenant du Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada, a été étudiée durant deux ans, en supposant que les mouches choisissent leur microhabitat hivernal. En 2016–2017, des mouches piégées en champ ou émergées de fruits infestés ont été exposées à quatre régimes froids de températures constantes ou fluctuantes de 5 °C ou 10 °C. En 2017–2018, deux régimes fluctuants furent testés, dont la moyenne était 1 °C avec gel, ou 3 °C sans gel. Des modèles de risque proportionnel de Cox ont testé l’hypothèse que la mortalité dépend du régime froid hivernal, du sexe et de la provenance des mouches. Le rapport de risques instantanés des mâles était 1.7 fois plus élevé que celui des femelles. Des mouches hivernant sous un régime constant ou fluctuant de 10 °C, constant de 5 °C, ou fluctuant de 1 °C avec minimum de –2 °C, ne survivraient pas à l’hiver. La survie des femelles s’étendrait jusqu’à l’été sous un régime fluctuant de 5 °C ou 3 °C. Des estimés du quantile 0.95 de survie indiquent que des nombres substantiels de D. suzukii survivraient aux hivers locaux sous ces régimes fluctuants, sans gels prolongés, compte tenu des fortes densités automnales observées.

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