Abstract:Diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L. have caused much serious damage on spring and summer cabbage field in Changchun, Gongzhuling and other regions in northeast of China in recent years. The experiments on effect of temperature on the developnent, fecundity and longevity of adult were carried out in 1988 and 1989. The durations of one generation are 26.5, 20. 4, 16.2, 14.8 and 13.2 days at 21, 24, 27, 30 and 33℃, respectively. Threshold temperature of development is 9.54℃ and thermal constants is 298.7 daydegree. Survival rate of the larvae decreases with temperature increasing, and is less than that of eggs and pupae. The suitable temperature for adult deposting is at 24—27℃ and the fecundity is 400 eggs/female, the maximum is 596 eggs/female. Most of the eggs ks laied in 3—5 days after begining of deposit.
Based on above results, the intrinsic rate of increase(r) and other parameters of populations at different temperatures were calculated. The intrinsic rate of increase was 0.1472, 0.2232, 0.2684,0.2711and 0.2670 at 21, 24, 27, 30 and 33℃, respectively. The results show that diamondback moth is one of r—organisms on ecological strategy.
The super cooling points of 4th instar, pupa and prepupa are —13.5, —20.1 and—11.3℃, respectively. The survival rates of larvae and pupae at high temperature were tested and the results indicated that the temperature over 37℃ had harmful effect on pupae, and over 40℃ on emergence of adult. The small moth, which did not have reproductive ability, was produced by rearing the young instar at high temperature conditions.