Cold tolerance and supercooling points of two ladybird beetles (Col.: Coccinellidae): Impact of the diet

• Published in: Cryobiology Vol. 91; pp. 61 - 68
• Main Authors: Pourani, Maryam Salehi, Mahdian, Kamran, Izadi, Hamzeh, Basirat, Mehdi, Sahhafi, Seyyed Rasoul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.12.2019
• Subjects: Animals; Coccinellids; Cold hardiness; Cold Temperature; Cold-Shock Response - physiology; Coleoptera - physiology; Cryopreservation - methods; Diet; Factitious food; Female; Hemiptera; Larva; Lethal temperature; Supercooling point; Temperature; Coccinellids; Supercooling point; Lethal temperature; Factitious food; Cold hardiness

Ladybird beetles have successfully been used to control different pests. Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius) and Oenopia conglobata contaminata)Menetries((Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) are two dominant and efficient predators of the common pistachio psylla, Agonoscena pistaciae (Hem.: Psyllidae) in Ira...