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Genotype‐environment interactions and developmental rate in the flour beetles Tribolium castaneum and T. confusum (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)
Author(s) -
DAWSON P. S.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1965.tb01211.x
Subject(s) - biology , relative humidity , genotype , humidity , red flour beetle , strain (injury) , botany , gene–environment interaction , pest analysis , larva , horticulture , genetics , gene , anatomy , physics , thermodynamics
SUMMARY Developmental rates of a number of strains of the flour beetles, Tribolium castaneum and T. confusum , were measured at 40, 60 and 70% relative humidity. Significant genotype‐environment interactions, as well as strain and humidity effects, were observed. The results indicate that the response to different humidities of some strains depends on their genetic composition.