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Environmental regulation of the larval diapause of the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella Dyar (Lepidoptera : pyralidae)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
is of special value to insect species as it provides rhythmic synchronization of the life cycle with that of favorable environmental conditions. Diapause is characterized by a significant reduction in respiratory rate, decrease in the water content, presence...
Photoperiodic time measurement and seasonal adaptation of the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella Dyar (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
"Photoperiodism is an adaptation which enables organisms to maintain maximum reproductive and survival efficiency under periodically changing environmental conditions. Since daylength is astronomically stable, it gives ...