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Photoperiodic Control of Diapause Induction and Termination in Ostrinia nubilalis: Two Different Clocks?

School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716

Makio Takeda

School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716

Both diapause induction and diapause termination are under photoperiodic control in the lepidopteran, Ostrinia nubilalis. In the present study, induction of diapause was maximal in light-dark (LD) cycles that contained 12 hr of light alternating with 12 hr of darkness (LD 12:12). Termination of diapause was maximal in LD 16:8. Diapause termination also oc curred rapidly in non-24-hr LD cycles that possessed an 8-hr dark phase. In each of these cases, the period of the LD cycle was not important. Diapause termination did not, however, occur rapidly in non-24-hr LD cycles that lacked an 8-hr dark phase. Thus, the clock mechanism underlying the termination response resembles an hourglass in its behavior. This is in contrast with what is known about induction of diapause. Here it has been demonstrated that the circadian system is somehow involved. It is thus possible that two different physiological clocks underlie these responses.

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