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Photoperiodic determination of insect development and diapause

III. Effects of nondiel photoperiods

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The Photoperiodic Determination Model proposed earlier (I, II) is further elaborated, and its applicability to nondiel photoperiods tested. Model-generated predictions of diapause incidences were in good agreement with observed incidences among larvae of the European corn borer,Ostrinia nubilalis, reared under photoperiods from 15 to 50 hrs duration with scotophases of from 9 to 18 hrs.

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  1. Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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Research supported by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin, and by a research grant (GM-07557) from the National Institutes of Health.

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Beck, S.D. Photoperiodic determination of insect development and diapause. J. Comp. Physiol. 103, 227–245 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00617123

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