In vitro life table of the storage mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Acari: Acaridae)

In vitro life table of the storage mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Acari: Acaridae)

Authors

  • Pamela Murillo Universidad de Costa Rica, Laboratorio de Acarología, Centro de Investigación en Protección de Cultivos, Escuela de Agronomía, P.O. Box 2060, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7823-7302
  • Hugo Aguilar Universidad de Costa Rica, Laboratorio de Acarología, Centro de Investigación en Protección de Cultivos, Escuela de Agronomía, P.O. Box 2060, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3335-7439

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v15i1.4335

Keywords:

Biological parameters, life table, in vitro plants, laboratory conditions, culture pest control

Abstract

Introduction: The mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae is a common contaminant of stored products and an important pest in plant tissue culture laboratories, because they diseminate fungi and bacteria. Objective: To describe the reproduction and life table of T. putrescentiae in vitro. Methods: We reared the mites with its associated fungus Leptosphaerulina sp., recording growth and development every 12h. Results: The duration of the egg, larva, protonymph, and tritonymph stages of cohort 1 was 4,52; 1,57; 1,37 and 1,29 days (cohort 2: 4,54; 1,44; 1,31 and 1,45 days, respectively). Cohort 1 periods of pre-oviposition, oviposition and post-oviposition were 1,86; 7,21 and 1,35 days (most cohort 2 individuals did not reach maturity). The intrinsic rate of natural increase (rm) was 0,11 individuals per female per day, the net reproduction rate (Ro) was 29,21; the generation time was 29,47 days, and the finite rate of increase (λ) was 1,12 times per female per day. Conclusion: Under the typical laboratory conditions, T. putrescentiae can multiply its initial population in a single day, which explains the population explosions observed in these laboratories.

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Published

2023-03-27

How to Cite

Murillo, P., & Aguilar, H. (2023). In vitro life table of the storage mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Acari: Acaridae). UNED Research Journal, 15(1), e4335. https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v15i1.4335

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