Annals of the Entomological Society of America (2008) 101, 613-618

Wenxiang Li, Jiancheng Li, Thomas A. Coudron, Ziyun Lu, Wenliang Pan, Xiaoxia Liu and Qingwen Zhang (2008)
Role of photoperiod and temperature in diapause induction of endoparasitoid wasp Microplitis mediator (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (3), 613-618
Abstract: Diapause in Microplitis mediator Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is manifested during the pupal stage and normally occurs during the winter season because of a photoperiodic response that is highly dependent on temperature. No diapause was observed at temperatures above 20°C regardless of the photoperiod. Only a small part of the population entered diapause at 20°C under short daylengths of light:dark 8:16-12:12. In contrast, when larvae were exposed to 16, 18, and 20°C combined with a photoperiod of 10:14, the percentages of parasitoids that entered pupal diapause was 97.9, 87.8, and 26.2%, respectively. Critical photoperiods were determined to be 7.03:16.97 and 12.21:11.79 at 16°C and 6.75:17.25 and 12.03:11.97 at 18°C. The second instar of the parasitoid was the most sensitive to diapause induction for the photoperiods and temperatures tested.
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Database assignments for author(s): Xiao-Xia Liu, Jiancheng Li, Wen-Liang Pan

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
environment/habitat manipulation
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
Microplitis mediator (parasitoid)