<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Winter survival of cigarette beetle larvae in three tobacco warehouses and three sheds at five locations in Japan was examined to determine critical temperature conditions for eradication under natural situations in locations where temperatures fluctuate seasonally and diurnally. In the tobacco warehouses, where mean diurnal temperature variations were less than 1 °C, the combined exposure to temperatures lower than 7 °C for 9-10 weeks and lower than 6 °C for 1 to 2 weeks inside tobacco cases was found to be required for eradication. Temperatures inside tobacco cases approximated the 7-day moving averages of outside temperatures but were about 1 °C higher. To disinfest the larvae living inside, tobacco cases should be exposed to outside temperatures lower than 6 °C for 7 to 8 weeks and 5 °C for 3 to 4 weeks. Near the critical conditions, larger diurnal temperature ranges resulted in higher winter survival rates. This result suggests that the larvae may survive even in areas cold enough to normally cause eradication provided that daytime temperatures rise sufficiently.</p></abstract>

Winter survival of cigarette beetle larvae in three tobacco warehouses and three sheds at five locations in Japan was examined to determine critical temperature conditions for eradication under natural situations in locations where temperatures fluctuate seasonally and diurnally. In the tobacco warehouses, where mean diurnal temperature variations were less than 1 °C, the combined exposure to temperatures lower than 7 °C for 9-10 weeks and lower than 6 °C for 1 to 2 weeks inside tobacco cases was found to be required for eradication. Temperatures inside tobacco cases approximated the 7-day moving averages of outside temperatures but were about 1 °C higher. To disinfest the larvae living inside, tobacco cases should be exposed to outside temperatures lower than 6 °C for 7 to 8 weeks and 5 °C for 3 to 4 weeks. Near the critical conditions, larger diurnal temperature ranges resulted in higher winter survival rates. This result suggests that the larvae may survive even in areas cold enough to normally cause eradication provided that daytime temperatures rise sufficiently.

Temperature Conditions Affecting Winter Survival of the Cigarette Beetle, <italic>Lasiodermaserricorne</italic> (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)

Leaf Tobacco Research Center, Japan Tobacco Inc., Oyama, Tochigi, Japan

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Temperature Conditions Affecting Winter Survival of the Cigarette Beetle,  (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)

Winter survival of cigarette beetle larvae in three tobacco warehouses and three sheds at five locations in Japan was examined to determine critical...

Temperature Conditions Affecting Winter Survival of the Cigarette Beetle, Lasiodermaserricorne (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 303 - 306

Received: Jan 24, 2006

Accepted: Aug 14, 2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0835

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