Host Plant's quality in the food chain of a herbivorous insect influences the insect's life performance, and thus abundance in its population. The effect of different ratios of N: K fertilization (40:60), (40:40), (40:0) kg/ha vs. control (0:0) were determined on chemical content parameters (N, K and C %) of the bean plant and as well on the performance of Aphis fabae Scop. Experiments were carried out in a greenhouse with 25±1?C, 75±5 RH and a photoperiodism cycle of 16 L: 8D hours. The highest percentages in plants tissue of N and K were found in plants fertilized with 40: 0 and 40: 60 (N: K) ratios respectively. Net reproductive rate (R0) of A. fabae fed on the mentioned treatments were determined as 14.75±2.4, 20.27±1.38, 22.07±2.2 and 17±3.1 female/female/generation, respectively. Intrinsic rate of increase (rm) of A. fabae on the four treatments were assessed as 0.215±0.017, 0.325±0.02, 0.295±0.014 and 0.258±0.017, respectively. Finite rates of increase (?) amounted to 1.32±0.001, 1.41±0.03, 1.38±0.01 and 1.32±0.001, respectively showing the daily rate of increase in aphid female population relative to that during the previous year. Mean generation times (T) in the four treats were 12.51±0.17, 9.32±0.17, 10.48±0.16 and 10.19±0.14 days. The results showed that there existed significant differences between R0, rm and ? of A. fabae different treatments (P<0.05). The highest rm and R0 were observed in treatments N: K with ratios of 40:40 and 40:0 showing that these treatments result in the most suitable best host plants for growth and development of A. fabae.
Hosseini,S A , Modares Aval,M , Hosseini,M , Astaraei,A and Hatefi,S . (2011). Comparison of Aphis fabae Performance on Bean Plant under Different Fertilization Regimes of N/K. Iranian Journal of Plant Protection Science, 42(1), 43-49.
MLA
Hosseini,S A , , Modares Aval,M , , Hosseini,M , , Astaraei,A , and Hatefi,S . "Comparison of Aphis fabae Performance on Bean Plant under Different Fertilization Regimes of N/K", Iranian Journal of Plant Protection Science, 42, 1, 2011, 43-49.
HARVARD
Hosseini S A, Modares Aval M, Hosseini M, Astaraei A, Hatefi S. (2011). 'Comparison of Aphis fabae Performance on Bean Plant under Different Fertilization Regimes of N/K', Iranian Journal of Plant Protection Science, 42(1), pp. 43-49.
CHICAGO
S A Hosseini, M Modares Aval, M Hosseini, A Astaraei and S Hatefi, "Comparison of Aphis fabae Performance on Bean Plant under Different Fertilization Regimes of N/K," Iranian Journal of Plant Protection Science, 42 1 (2011): 43-49,
VANCOUVER
Hosseini S A, Modares Aval M, Hosseini M, Astaraei A, Hatefi S. Comparison of Aphis fabae Performance on Bean Plant under Different Fertilization Regimes of N/K. Iran J Plant Prot Sci. 2011;42(1):43-49 (In Persian).