The effect of low temperatures on diapause and non-diapause larvae of the pine caterpillar, Dendrolimus tabulaeformis Tsai et Liu (Lepidoptera : Lasiocampidae)

Han R., Ge F., Yardim E., He Z.

APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY, cilt.40, sa.3, ss.429-435, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1303/aez.2005.429
  • Dergi Adı: APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.429-435
  • Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Some effects of low temperatures on diapause and non-diapause larvae of the pine caterpillar, Dendrolimus tabulaeformis Tsai et Liu (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae), were investigated in laboratory experiments. The results indicated that diapause larvae had higher survival rates than non-diapause larvae at earlier stages of exposure to the low temperatures (-10, -17 and -21 degrees C). In general, the larvae lives were shorter when they were exposed to the lower temperatures. Exposure to chilling at 0 degrees C (cold pulse) in advance increased the survival rate of larvae when they were exposed to -10 degrees C, and the survival rate increased with the length of cold pulse (doubled at 50 min). No larvae could survive after the 50th day of daily exposure to -10 degrees C for 1 h followed by exposure to 27 +/- 1 degrees C for 23 h. The water contents of diapause and non-diapause larvae differed significantly, and the super-cooling points (SCPs) of non-diapause larvae were significantly higher than those of diapause larvae.