Development and Survivorship of the Green Stink Bug, Acrosternum hilare (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on Soybean

摘要: The influence of temperature, studied under eight constant-temperature regimes, was similar with regard to rate development, adult body size, and nymphal survivorship for cohorts Acrosternum hilare (Say) reared on soybean. Progressively higher temperatures resulted in an increase each these biological parameters a maximum; additional increases caused adverse effects. fastest rates egg development were observed at 30 33°C, whereas the 27°C. Body size optimal Nymphal greatest controlled 21 24°C; approximately 48% beginning cohort survived from first instar stage those temperatures. However, soybean field conditions low; less than 10% stage.