Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4525072 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 2008 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate the effects of photoperiod and temperature on induction and termination of reproductive diapause in the black rice bug, Scotinophara lurida (Burmeister). Newly ecdysed fourth-instar nymphs and emerged adults of S. lurida adults did not enter reproductive diapause when reared at 30 °C in any photoperiod used. However, they exhibited the threshold photoperiod between 9 and 10 h at 25 °C and between 12 and 16 h at 20 °C  adults overwinter in a state of reproductive diapause induced by short photoperiod and/or low temperature.

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