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Diapause development in the sorghum midge, Contarinia sorghicola (Coquillett) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

N. W. Forrester
N. W. Forrester
Affiliation:
NSW Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Station, Narrabri, NSW, 2390, Australia
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Abstract

Diapause development in Contarinia sorghicola (Coquillett) was found to be favoured by temperatures in the range 23–30°C. Higher temperatures (30–35°C) were suboptimal, while diapause development proceeded much more slowly at lower temperatures (5–20°C). The rate of diapause development was linear, and no minimum threshold development temperature could be established from the range of temperatures studied (lowest 5°C). The period from diapause initiation to emergence (diapause development requirement plus a 2·5-week post-diapause development requirement) was predicted to be 6 months at 27°C and 7·5 months at 23°C. It is suggested that C. sorghicola probably evolved a diapause stage in response to the absence of its host-plant during the long dry season of the African savanna region. The possibility of strains with differential diapause reactions is raised. Sex ratios favoured females slightly.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 77 , Issue 4 , December 1987 , pp. 581 - 587
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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