Does Temperature Tolerance Increase in Long-Term Domesticated Frankliniella occidentalis Under Constant Temperature?
2025
Lin Shu | Hongbo Li | Yawen Chang | Yuzhou Du
The wide distribution of Frankliniella occidentalis is largely due to its extreme temperature adaptability. In current studies, most scholars consider environmental changes to be the main factor affecting insect temperature adaptation. However, our previous studies have shown that the adaptability of F. occidentalis to extreme temperature conditions can be strengthened through domestication. In this study, the population of F. occidentalis raised in the laboratory for a long time (2008&ndash:2022) under relatively constant temperature and humidity conditions was used as the experimental material. Over 14 years, changes in temperature tolerance after the same high- and low-temperature stress were evaluated by comparing the survival data of the 2010 population, 2016 population (more than 100 generations), and 2022 population (more than 200 generations). The survival data and LT50 values demonstrated significant stage- and sex-specific differences in thermal tolerance: The cold tolerance of F. occidentalis improved significantly, with LT50 decreasing from &minus:12.5 °:C (P2010) to &minus:13.4 °:C (P2022) for females and &minus:11.5 °:C to &minus:13.0 °:C for males. Notably, male adults showed higher survival rates than females at &minus:14 °:C and &minus:15 °:C. Meanwhile, heat tolerance increased most markedly in 2nd instar larvae (&Delta:LT50 = +4.1 °:C). These findings indicate an environment-independent evolutionary pathway within the population, providing a new research direction for insect population evolution.
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