A novel method for assessing the effect of photoperiod and temperature on reproductive biology of the predators Hippodamia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and Micromus tasmaniae (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae)

Title: A novel method for assessing the effect of photoperiod and temperature on reproductive biology of the predators Hippodamia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and Micromus tasmaniae (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae)
Creator: Le Mottee, Kris; Pilkington, Leigh J.; Spohr, Lorraine J.; Gurr, Geoff M.
Relation: Biocontrol Science and Technology Vol. 25, Issue 12, p. 1506-1509
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2015.1060298
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2015
Description: A novel experimental approach for the simultaneous investigation of the effects of photoperiod and temperature showed evidence of diapause in Hippodamia variegata Goeze but not in Micromus tasmaniae Walker. Results are discussed in relation to their potential as greenhouse biocontrol agents.
Subject: cost effective method; diapause; aestivation; greenhouse
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1322607
Identifier: uon:24612
Identifier: ISSN:0958-3157
Language: eng
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