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25 December 2024 A Different Approach to Identifying Thermal Parameters for Invasive Species
Lisa G. Neven
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The brown marmorated stinkbug, Halyomorpha halys Stål (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is a polyphagous invasive insect found in the eastern United States in 1998 but became a major agricultural pest in 2010. Environmental temperatures regulate the location of invasive species establishment in new locations. To determine those areas where an invasive species might establish it is essential to understand the metabolic response of all life stages to temperature. Differential scanning calorimetry is a useful tool to monitor living organisms' metabolism at different temperatures, providing vital information related to the ability of the species to survive in new environments. The information obtained from isothermal and scanning calorimetric experiments on all the life stages of H. halys indicates that the third instar is the most thermoresponsive stage and eggs and fifth instar are the least thermoresponsive, whereas the third instars exhibit a broad range of thermoresponsiveness as compared to all other developmental stages.The recorded values for lower, optimal, and upper developmental temperatures in this study were similar to those reported by other researchers using laboratory and field data to develop degree-day models.This method can help in the rapid development of degree day models to improve and synchronize control efforts for newly invasive species.

Lisa G. Neven "A Different Approach to Identifying Thermal Parameters for Invasive Species," Journal of Economic Entomology 117(6), 2368-2375, (25 December 2024). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toae135
Received: 19 September 2023; Accepted: 12 June 2024; Published: 25 December 2024
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KEYWORDS
brown marmorated stink bug
differential scanning calorimetry
invasive species
metabolism
thermoresponsive
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