Effects of Light on Mating Success and Egg-Laying Activity of the Sugarcane Borer, Diatraea saccharalis2
- 1 March 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 59 (2) , 280-284
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/59.2.280
Abstract
Continuous light, averaging 16 ft-c, suppressed mating and interfered with egg-laying of sugarcane borers, Diatraea saccharalis (F.). In evaluating mating success and egg-laying activity of different female: male ratios and egg-laying activity of lone unmated females subjected to both normal and continuous photoperiods; (1) spermatophore transfer appeared to be a primary oviposition stimulus, (2) presence of males stimulated oviposition, (3) normal photoperiods regulated and continuous photoperiods upset oviposition activity, (4) female age influenced egg production, and (5) there was evidence of interaction between presence and absence of males and light as related to oviposition activity.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: