The effect of temperature on the photoperiodic 'clock' and 'counter' of a Scottish clone of the vetch aphid, Megoura viciae

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 727-733

  Vaz Nunes, Marlies ^a   Hardie, Jim ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphid; Latitude; Megoura viciae; Photoperiod; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APHID; ARTICLE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; TEMPERATURE;

MEGOURA VICIAE;

EID: 0343963782     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00161-4     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Beach R.F. The required day number and timely induction of diapause in geographic strains of the mosquito Aedes atropalpus. Journal of Insect Physiology. 24:1978;449-455.
2. Bues R., Hmimina M., Poitout S., Gabarra R. Différents états de diapause nymphale et stratégie d'hivernation de Heliothis armigera Hübn. (Lep. Noctuidae). Journal of Applied Entomology. 107:1989;376-386.
3. Hardie J. The photoperiodic counter, quantitative day-length effects and scotophase timing in the vetch aphid Megoura viciae. Journal of Insect Physiology. 36:1990;939-949.
4. Lees A.D. The role of photoperiod and temperature in the determination of parthenogenetic and sexual forms in the aphid Megoura viciae Buckton - I. The influence of these factors on apterous virginoparae and their progeny. Journal of Insect Physiology. 3:1959;92-117.
5. Lees A.D. The role of photoperiod and temperature in the determination of parthenogenetic and sexual forms in the aphid Megoura viciae Buckton - III. Further properties of the maternal switching mechanism in apterous aphids. Journal of Insect Physiology. 9:1963;153-164.
6. Lees A.D. Direct and indirect effects of day length on the aphid Megoura viciae Buckton. Journal of Insect Physiology. 13:1967;1781-1785.
7. Lees A.D. Some effects of temperature on the hourglass photoperiod timer in the aphid Megoura viciae. Journal of Insect Physiology. 32:1986;79-89.
8. Lees A.D. The photoperiodic responses and phenology of an English strain of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Ecological Entomology. 14:1989;69-78.
9. Lewis R.D. Modelling the circadian system of the weta, Hemideina thoracica (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 24:1994;395-421.
10. Lewis R.D., Saunders D.S. A damped circadian oscillator model of an insect photoperiodic clock. I. Description of the model based on a feedback control system. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 128:1987;47-59.
11. Masaki S., Kikukawa S. The diapause clock in a moth: response to temperature signals. Follett B.K., Follett D.E. Biological Clocks in Seasonal Reproductive Cycles. 1981;101-112 Wright, Bristol, UK.
12. Saunders D.S. Some effects of constant temperature and photoperiod on the diapause response of the flesh fly Sarcophaga argyrostoma. Physiological Entomology. 5:1980;191-198.
13. Saunders D.S. The photoperiodic clock and 'counter' in Sarcophaga argyrostoma: experimental evidence consistent with 'external coincidence' in insect photoperiodism. Journal of Comparative Physiology. 170A:1992;121-127.
14. Vaz Nunes M. A double circadian oscillator model for quantitative photoperiodic time measurement in insects and mites. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 194:1998;299-311.
15. Vaz Nunes M., Hardie J. A model for the photoperiodic counter in the aphid Megoura viciae. Journal of Insect Physiology. 39:1993;173-182.
16. Vaz Nunes M., Hardie J. Circadian rhythmicity is involved in photoperiodic time measurement in the aphid Megoura viciae. Experientia. 49:1993;711-713.
17. Vaz Nunes, M., Hardie, J., 1999. The effect of temperature on the photoperiodic 'counter' for female morph and sex determination in two clones of the black bean aphid, Aphis fabae. Physiological Entomology (in press).
18. Vaz Nunes M., Young S., Hardie J. Laboratory-simulated naturally-decreasing day lengths, twilight and aphid photoperiodism. Physiological Entomology. 21:1996;231-241.
19. Veerman A. Temperature effects on the photoperiodic response of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae. Brunnhofer V., Soldán T. Book of Abstracts, VIth European Congress of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice, August 23-29. 1998;273.
20. Zaslavski V.A., Fomenko R.B. Quantitative perception in the aphid Megoura viciae Buckt. (Homoptera Aphididae). Entomological Review. 62:1983;1-10.
21. Zaslavski V.A., Kats T.S. Photoperiodic determination of sex in Megoura viciae (Homoptera Aphididae). Entomological Review. 67:1988;32-40.