THERMAL AND THERMOPERIODIC EFFECTS ON LARVAL DEVELOPMENT AND DIAPAUSE IN THE EUROPEAN CORN-BORER, OSTRINIA-NUBILALIS
THERMAL AND THERMOPERIODIC EFFECTS ON LARVAL DEVELOPMENT AND DIAPAUSE IN THE EUROPEAN CORN-BORER, OSTRINIA-NUBILALIS
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-1910(83)90113-0
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
BECK, SD
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作者:
BECK, SD
Effects of temperature and thermoperiod on larval development and the induction of diapause were investigated in the European corn borer, O. nubilalis. Developmental threshold temperatures characterstic of the first 4 larval instars were estimated under both thermoperiods and constant temperatures. Threshold values were similar under the 2 conditions, but the 4th larval instar displayed a significantly lower development threshold temperature than was characteristic of the earlier instars. Although developmental times (days per instar) were not greatly affected by fluctuating temperature regimes, the quantity of growth (weight, head width) during the 4th and 5th (last) stadia was much greater under thermoperiodic regimes than under comparable constant temperature conditions. By means of thermoperiodic regimes having identical mean temperatures but different cryophase durations, it was demonstrated that the induction of diapause is dependent on the duration of the cryophase rather than on the mean temperature of the thermoperiod. To be effective, the cryophase must be colder than the insect''s thermoperiodic response threshold. Thermoperiodic responses that are readily produced under continuously dark rearing conditions are not manifested under continuous light.