Effect of temperature on post-diapause reproductive development in Listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera : curculionidae)

The annual bluegrass weevil Listronotus maculicollis requires chilling exposure to terminate reproductive diapause during overwintering, but the effects of temperature on its post-diapause development in spring remain unclear. To explore this effect, overwintering adults were transferred from cold conditions (6°C/4°C, L:D 10:14) to different warm-up temperatures at L:D 12:12. When weevils were transferred to 7, 14 and 21°C in December and late January, the sizes of male and female reproductive organs were significantly smaller at 7°C than at 14 and 21°C. When weevils were transferred to 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15°C in late January, higher temperatures facilitated the post-diapause development. In both sexes, the sizes of reproductive organs and developmental rate increased with temperature. Reproductive organs did not grow significantly at 7°C in males and at 7-9°C in females, at which the percentage of developing weevils remained low. The time required for 50% of individuals to resume development was 44, 18, 13 and 8 days at 9, 11, 13 and 15°C, respectively, in males and 19, 14 and 8 days at 11, 13 and 15°C, respectively, in females. The threshold temperature for post-diapause development was 7.8°C in males, based on which 61.7 degree-days coincided with 50% of individuals developing. Under field conditions, the percentage of male and female maturity and insemination rate were low until early March, but all reached 100% by late March.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:109

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Bulletin of entomological research - 109(2019), 5 vom: 06. Okt., Seite 669-677

Sprache:

Rumänisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wu, S [VerfasserIn]
Kostromytska, O S [VerfasserIn]
Koppenhöfer, A M [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Listronotus maculicollis
Post-diapause development
Reproductive diapause
Temperature

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Date Completed 23.12.2019

Date Revised 23.12.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1017/S0007485318001025

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM299905780