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EFFECT OF LATITUDE ON THE CRITICAL PHOTOPERIOD FOR DIAPAUSE INDUCTION IN THE BERTHA ARMYWORM, MAMESTRA CONFIGURATA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

B. M. Hegdekar
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2M9

Abstract

The critical photoperiod for diapause induction in pupae of Mamestra configurata Walker in Manitoba was 16 h 06 min at Glenlea (49°38′ N), 16 h 20 min at Grandview (51°10′ N), and 16 h 42 min at Birch River (52°24′ N). The differences in cirtical photoperiods observed at Glenlea and Grandview were not significant. At least two different photoperiods exist, one in the Glenlea and Grandview areas and the other in the Birch River area. In the laboratory, the critical photoperiod was 13.5 h when larvae were exposed to a daily fluctuating temperature regime of 12 h at 25 °C and 12 h at 10 °C. Longer critical photoperiods found for the field populations may be related to the relatively low ambient temperatures to which the larvae were exposed in field cages.

Résumé

La durée de la photopériode critique pour l'induction d'une diapause chez les nymphes de Mamestra configurata Wlk. au Manitoba a été de 16 h 06 mn à Glenlea (49°38′ N), de 16 h 20 mn à Grandview (51°10′ N) et 16 h 42 mn à Birch River (52°24′ N). Les différences entre la durée des photopériodes critiques observées à Glenlea et à Grandview n'étaient pas significatives. Il existe au moins deux photopériodes différentes, une dans les régions de Glenlea et de Grandview et une dans celle de Birch River. Au laboratoire, la photopériode critique a été de 13.5 heures lorsque les larves ont été soumises à un régime de température fluctuant quotidiennement, de 12 h à 25 °C et de 12 h à 10 °C. Les plus longues photopériodes critiques observées chez les populations sur le terrain peuvent être associées aux températures ambiantes relativement basses auxquelles les larves ont été exposées dans leurs cages, sur le terrain.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1983

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