Diapause induction and duration in the phytoseiid miteTyphlodromus pyri

Experimental and Applied Acarology - Tập 12 - Trang 135-145 - 1991
J. D. Fitzgerald1, M. G. Solomon1
1Horticulture Research International, East Malling, UK (

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A photoperiod of 8L/16D for two weeks was used to distinguish between diapausing and non-diapausingTyphlodromus pyri Scheuten. A diet ofPanonychus ulmi orTetranychus urticae, or pollen ofVicia faba did not influence preovipositional periods of diapausing mites. In mid-September, 88% ofT. pyri collected from an insectary were in diapause. The critical day-length appeared to be between 12.5 and 13.5 h. Diapause duration was greatest in mites collected in September–November, becoming progressively less in mites collected later in the winter. By mid-April, ca. 50% of mites collected from the orchard and insectary oviposited promptly when cultured in the laboratory.Typhlodromus pyri eggs and larvae were present on leaves in early May. At this time, only 4% ofP. ulmi winter eggs had hatched. Diapause terminated most quickly inT. pyri kept in an 18L/6D photoperiod, followed by 24L/0D and 0L/24D. Longest preoviposition periods were recorded for mites kept in 8L/16D photoperiods.

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