Enhanced heat tolerance dataset of virus-infected aphids and host plant species

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

The project is focused on the topic, 'enhanced heat tolerance of virus-infected aphids lead to niche expansion and reduced interspecific competition. The two aphid species studied are Rhopalosiphum padi and Rhopalosiphum maidis. The project had some of the following objectives: [1] Spatial distribution of two aphid species on the host plants [2] Upper thermal limits of two aphid species. [3] Effects of the viral infection on the host plant thermal profile. [4] Levels of expression of heat shock protein genes of virus-free and viruliferous aphids. [5] Locomotor capacity of aphids, effects of viruses on the locomotor capacity. [6] Effects of viral infection, temperature, and competition on the lifespan and fecundity of R. padi [7] Effects of viral infection, temperature, and competition on the lifespan and fecundity of R. maidis [8] Temperature of acrylic tubes used on aphid experiments. [9] Thermal lethal dose 50 of virus-free and viruliferous aphids [10] Thermal preference of virus-free and viruliferous aphids. This information can be very useful for ecologist working on insect population dynamics as well as physiologist and eco-physiologists doing meta-analyses of expression of heat shock protein genes induced by symbionts.

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Title Enhanced heat tolerance dataset of virus-infected aphids and host plant species
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/ba7a6dc2-b3dc-4c2d-9d93-e17ebc0adef8
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
mfp145@psu.edu
Reference Period 01/05/2013 - 19/09/2016
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

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This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "Enhanced heat tolerance dataset of virus-infected aphids and host plant species". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/enhanced-heat-tolerance-dataset-of-virus-infected-aphids-and-host-plant-species