Environmental Entomology (2016) 45, 1287-1293

Bo Zhang, Fei Zhao, Ary Hoffmann, Gang Ma, Hui-Mei Ding and Chun-Sen Ma (2016)
Warming accelerates carbohydrate consumption in the diapausing overwintering peach fruit moth Carposina sasakii (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae)
Environmental Entomology 45 (5), 1287-1293
Abstract: Climate warming provides a challenge for small insects persisting in cold seasons through diapause because they fail to accumulate and maintain adequate reserves to complete this stage successfully. One way of understanding this challenge is to follow physiological changes in these insects under higher temperatures, including the consumption and allocation of energy reserves during and after diapause. We simulated autumn and spring warming conditions to study carbohydrate consumption dynamics during diapause–post-diapause periods by monitoring shifts in carbohydrate levels in a facultative diapause species, the peach fruit moth Carposina sasakii Matsumura (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae). We found carbohydrates were rapidly consumed in the post-diapause phase, which might lead to a trade-off in the allocation of energy reserves between diapause maintenance and post-diapause development. This suggests that temperature increases in autumn and spring may alter diapause maintenance and post-diapause development through changing carbohydrate levels.
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Database assignments for author(s): Chun-Sen Ma, Ary A. Hoffmann

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
environment - cropping system/rotation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Carposina sasakii