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APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY
Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 213-218Publisher
JAPAN SOC APPL ENTOMOL ZOOL
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2008.213
Keywords
diapause; LED; light wavelength; photoperiodism; Tetranychus urticae
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It has been known that diapause is not induced in populations of the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, under continuous darkness (DD). When the light intensity was changed under LD 8:16 at 18 degrees C, the threshold intensity for blue light (475 nm) to induce 50% of diapause was below 50 mW/m(2); and the blue light was most effective in photoperiodic induction of diapause. The threshold intensities for green (572 nm) and orange (612 nm) light were 50-500 and 500-2,500 mW/m(2), respectively T urticae showed no sensitivity to red light (658 nm) even at 2,500 mW/m(2) intensity. Low diapause incidence under long wavelengths was probably due to the absence of photoreception by:photoreceptor pigments for photoperiodic time measurement, or for circadian entrainment required for photoperiodic induction.
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