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Journals ANUJR-A Volume 20, Issue 1, 2006 December Effect of Photoperiod on the
Life History of th...
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Effect of Photoperiod on the Life History of the Predatory Bug, ?Macrolophus
Caliginosus Wagner [Hemiptera:Miridae]?
Abdul-Jalil Hamdan
ARTICLE INFO
Received 2006-01-14
Received in revised form
Accepted 2006-09-05
Availabe online 2006-09-05
Pages 135 - 146
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ABSTRACT
Laboratory experiments were carried out to study the effect of photoperiod on the
life history of the predator Macrolophus caliginosus Wagner [Hemiptera: Miridae]
fed on eggs of the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood)
[Homoptera: Aleyorodidae]. Day-length had no significant effect on either nymphal
mortality, development time or adult longevity of M. caliginous. The absence of
light had no negative effect on the consumption rate of M. caliginous. However, the
number of T. vaporariorum eggs consumed by the predator increased with decreasing
photoperiod. Light was of significance for the development of the predator embryos
during incubation period as no hatching occurred under continuous darkness, but
hatching was reduced at 8L:16D in comparison to hatching at 16L:8D.
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