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Published: 1 September 2020| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/pnj7247t7n.1
Contributors:
Mohannad Ismail, Margot Brooks, Joan van Baaren, Loulou Albittar

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We tested the combined impact of temperature and plant quality on the body size, and development time from egg to adult of Eccritotarsus eichhorniae (Hemiptera: Miridae), an herbivorous insect used as a biological control agent against the invasive aquatic weed, water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae). We quantified insect size in individuals exposed to three temperatures (20°, 25° and 30°C) combined with three qualities of host plant (high, medium and low) by calculating development time and measuring four traits: tibia length, forewing length, dry body mass (DM) and lipid content (FC), and we also determined the wing loading index (WL).

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Rhodes University

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Entomology, Lipid, Biological Morphology, Aquatic Weed

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