Photoperiod Manipulation of Insect Diapause: A Method of Pest Control?
- 24 July 1970
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 169 (3943) , 382-383
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.169.3943.382
Abstract
Extension of day length by artificial light in selected field plots in the fall prevented 76 percent of European corn borer [Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner)] larvae and 70 percent of codling moth [Laspeyresia pomonella (L.)] larvae from entering diapause. Nondiapausing insects cannot survive rigorous winter conditions.Keywords
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