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Effects of constant and changing temperature conditions on diapause induction in Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 September 2011

G.K. Mironidis  and
M. Savopoulou-Soultani
G.K. Mironidis*
Affiliation:
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, Laboratory of Applied Zoology and Parasitology, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
M. Savopoulou-Soultani
Affiliation:
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, Laboratory of Applied Zoology and Parasitology, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
*
*Author for correspondence Fax: +302310998832 E-mail: geomironidis@gmail.com, matilda@agro.auth.gr
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Abstract

The effects of photoperiod and temperature on the induction and termination of facultative pupal diapause in Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) were investigated under laboratory conditions. Exposing H. armigera larvae to both constant and fluctuating temperature regimes with a mean of 25°C and 20°C resulted in a type-III photoperiodic response curve of a short-long day insect. The long-day critical daylengths for diapause induction were ten hours and 12 hours at the constant temperatures of 25°C and 20°C, respectively. Higher incidences of diapause and higher values both for the longer and the shorter critical photoperiods for diapause induction were observed at fluctuating regimes compared with the corresponding constant ones. At alternating temperatures, the incidence of diapause ranged from 4.2% to 33.3% and was determined by the temperature amplitude of the thermoperiod and by the interaction of cryophase or thermophase with the photoperiod. Helicoverpa armigera larvae seem to respond to photoperiodic stimuli at temperatures >15°C and <30°C; all insects entered diapause at a constant temperature of 15°C, whereas none did so at a constant temperature of 30°C under all the photoperiodic regimes examined. Although chilling was not a prerequisite for diapause termination, exposure of diapausing pupae to chilling conditions significantly accelerated diapause development and the time of adult emergence. Therefore, temperature may be the primary factor controlling the termination of diapause in H. armigera.

Keywords

Helicoverpa armigeradiapause incidencephotoperiodtemperature
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Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 102 , Issue 2 , April 2012 , pp. 139 - 147
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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