Photoflashes: A Potential New Tool for Control of Insect Populations
- 11 September 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 145 (3637) , 1195-1197
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.145.3637.1195
Abstract
Imported cabbageworms, Pieris rapae (L.), were reared in cans exposed to light from fluorescent lamps for 10 hours daily. When larvae were exposed to daily electronic photoflashes scheduled 3 to 4 hours after the fluorescent lamp was turned off, pupae failed to diapause. Effective wavelengths are lower than those controlling photoperiodism in plants. The effective energies are about 1 joule per square centimeter.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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