development, reproduction and life table parameters of tetranychus urticae koch were determined on leaves of peach (g. h. hale cultivar) at different temperatures, ranging from 13 to 33°c under laboratory conditions. no development was observed at 13°c. egg-to-adult developmental time decreased gradually from 17 to 27°c and increased at higher temperatures (27 to 33°c). an average of 136.43 deg...

the beet armyworm (spodoptera exigua hübner) is an important pest of many agricultural crops all over the world. most of the sugar beet growing regions in iran are infested. in this study, the acute lethal effects of pyriproxyfen, spinosad, and indoxacarb as well as sublethal effects of pyriproxyfen on the 1st instar s. exigua were assessed by leaf dip bioassay method. mortality was recorded 48...

effects of four pesticides (imidacloprid, dichlorvos, pymetrozine and abamectin) were evaluated on life table parameters of orius albidipennis (reuter). pesticides were used at the concentrations recommended by the manufacturers. the bioassays were carried out using drum-cell method, in a growth chamber at 27 â± 1âºc, r.h. of 65 â± 5% and 16 h photo phase. the net reproductive rate (r0) value f...

the tomato fruit borer, helicoverpa armigera (hã¼bner), is a destructive insect pest of many host crops in iran and worldwide. the effect of different tomato cultivars (sun 6108 f1, rio grande ug, korral, ch falat, hed rio grande and cal jn3) was studied on life table parameters of h. armigera under laboratory (25 â± 1 â°c, 65 â± 5% rh and a photoperiod of 16: 8 (l: d) hours), and on the activi...

due to the limitations of the “life table method” the exponential model was used to estimate the iud termination and retention rate among 1,390 women. since the conditional probability of iud termination during the first month of insertion is considerably higher than the subsequent months, data relating to the first 30 days was considered separately. furthermore a constant termination rate was ...

I use the experience of China’s One Child Policy to examine how fertility restrictions affect economic and social outcomes over the lifetime. The One Child Policy imposed a birth quota and heavy penalties for “out-of-plan” births. Using variation in the fertility penalties across provinces over time, I examine how fertility restrictions imposed early in the lives of individuals affected their e...

We monitored survival and reproduction of 1000 individuals of Caenorhabditis elegans wild type (N2) and 800 individuals of clk-1 and daf-2, and used biodemographic analysis to address fitness as the integrative consequence of the entire age-specific schedules of survival and reproduction. Relative to N2, the mutants clk-1 and daf-2 extended average life span by 27% and 111%, respectively, but r...

During the past several decades, Thailand has experienced a significant demographic transition from high to low of fertility and mortality. The United Nations has reported that the total fertility rate in Thailand has declined from over 6 births per woman in the mid 1960s to 1.8 in the period 2005-2010 and during the same period, life expectancy at birth increased from 56 years to 66 years for ...