Effect of weather station logging interval on the precision of degree-day estimates

1995 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 795 ◽  
Author(s):  
DM Watson ◽  
GAC Beattie
Keyword(s):  
Weather Station ◽  
Data Logging ◽  
Degree Days ◽  
Degree Day ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between data-logging intervals and degree-day estimates was examined to determine the longest interval giving equivalent information to estimates based on 12-min intervals and, so, the most efficient interval for estimation of degree-days

scholarly journals Comparisons of Temperature Measurements from Local Weather Stations and the Tomato Plant Canopy: Implications for Crop and Pest Forecasting

1990 ◽  
Vol 115 (5) ◽  
pp. 861-869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nita A. Davidson ◽  
L. Theodore Wilson ◽  
Michael P. Hoffmann ◽  
Frank G. Zalom
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Weather Station ◽  
Degree Days ◽  
Tomato Crop ◽  
Degree Day ◽  
Average Maximum ◽  
Temperature Ranges ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Weather Stations ◽  
Accumulated Degree Days

Temperatures recorded by weather stations and within the canopy of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) crops were compared in fields near Davis, Calif., during Summer 1983 (60 days) and 1987 (50 days). For both years, the average maximum and minimum temperatures, daily temperature ranges, degree days per day, and total accumulated degree days were compared. In 1983, the mean maximum temperature at the weather station did not differ significantly from that in the canopy, but the mean minimum temperature at the weather station was significantly lower than that in the canopy. In 1987, the mean maximum temperature at the weather station was significantly higher than that in the canopy, but mean minimum temperatures did not differ significantly. Temperature ranges were significantly narrower for the weather station toward the end of the 1983 season, and significantly wider for the weather station at midseason 1987. Comparisons of degree days per day showed significant differences between means at the weather station and in the canopy in 1983, and among those at the weather station and the two degree day calculation methods used for temperatures recorded in the canopy. Total accumulated degree days based on temperature records at the weather station were lower than those in the canopy in 1983 but higher in 1987. In 1987, the single sine degree day calculation method overestimated degree days compared to the 2-hr triangulation method. The phenology of the tomato crop as predicted by weather station temperatures indicated that tomato maturation was underestimated in 1983 and overestimated in 1987. The rate of development for hypothetical populations of Heliothis zea (Boddie) and Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) within the tomato crop was again underestimated in 1983 and overestimated in 1987, as based on temperature data of the weather station.

Predicting Yellow Nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) Emergence Using Degree-day Models

Weed Science ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 821-829 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl A. Wilen ◽  
Jodie S. Holt ◽  
William B. McCloskey
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Predictive Models ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Temperature Data ◽  
Cyperus Esculentus ◽  
Degree Days ◽  
Model Accuracy ◽  
Yellow Nutsedge ◽  
Degree Day ◽  
The Relationship

We examined the relationship between temperature and emergence of yellow nutsedge tubers to generate predictive models for the arid southwestern United States. Field experiments were conducted in California and Arizona to obtain phenological and temperature data needed to generate degree-day models. The effect of air temperature on emergence was tested with available programs using four methods to calculate degree-days (single sine, double sine, single triangle, and double triangle). Separate models were tested for each genotype examined (Arizona source and California source) as no one model was a good predictor of emergence when data were pooled. Results indicate that there is year to year variation in model accuracy but predictions of date of emergence can be made to within 2 d of actual emergence. This information can be used to schedule cultivations to reduce early yellow nutsedge competition in the field.

scholarly journals Interactions Between Chill-Hours and Degree-Days Affect Carpogenic Germination in Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi

2001 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Scherm ◽  
A. T. Savelle ◽  
P. L. Pusey
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Degree Days ◽  
Carpogenic Germination ◽  
Conditioning Period ◽  
Low Degree ◽  
Heating Degree Days ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship of cumulative chill-hours (hours with a mean temperature <7.2°C) and heating degree-days (base 7.2°C) to carpogenic germination of pseudosclerotia of Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi, which causes mummy berry disease of blueberry, was investigated. In two laboratory experiments, pseudosclerotia collected from rabbiteye blueberry in Georgia were conditioned at 5 to 6°C for 26 to 1,378 h prior to placement in conditions favorable for germination and apothecium development. The number of chill-hours accumulated during the conditioning period affected the subsequent proportion of pseudosclerotia that germinated and produced apothecia, with the greatest incidence of carpogenic germination occurring after intermediate levels of chilling (≈700 chill-hours). The minimum chilling requirement for germination and apothecium production was considerably lower than that reported previously for pseudo-sclerotia from highbush blueberry in northern production regions. The rate of carpogenic germination was strongly affected by interactions between the accumulation of chill-hours and degree-days during the conditioning and germination periods; pseudosclerotia exposed to prolonged chilling periods, once transferred to suitable conditions, germinated and produced apothecia more rapidly (after fewer degree-days had accumulated) than those exposed to shorter chilling periods. Thus, pseudosclerotia of M. vaccinii-corymbosi are adapted to germinate carpogenically following cold winters (high chill-hours, low degree-days) as well as warm winters (low chill-hours, high degree-days). Results were validated in a combined field-laboratory experiment in which pseudosclerotia that had received various levels of natural chilling were allowed to germinate in controlled conditions in the laboratory, and in two field experiments in which pseudosclerotia were exposed to natural chilling and germination conditions. A simple model describing the timing of apothecium emergence in relation to cumulative chill-hours and degree-days was developed based on the experiments. The model should be useful for better timing of field scouting programs for apothecia to aid in management of primary infection by M. vaccinii-corymbosi.

Corrigendum - Growth of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) to the small tuber stage as related to soil temperature

1979 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 667
Author(s):  
PJM Sale
Keyword(s):  
Soil Temperature ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Solanum Tuberosum L ◽  
Tuber Initiation ◽  
Degree Days ◽  
Night Temperature ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Periodic Fluctuations ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Relationship

In experiments in a phytotron with potato cv. Sebago and in the field with cvv. Sebago and Sequoia the times for planting to emergence, new tuber initiation and small tuber stage were measured in relation to temperature. Emergence was linearly related to mean temperature and relatively independent of diurnal or periodic fluctuations up to an optimum of 22–24°C, and up to this optimum could be considered as a degree-day requirement calculated from either soil temperature at tuber depth or air temperature. For both cultivars planted with just-visible sprouts this was about 450 degree-days reckoned above a +2° minimum. At temperatures above the optimum, emergence was actively inhibited, and the relationship no longer held when appreciable periods were spent above about 24°. Once emergence had occurred, new tuber initiation and growth to the small tuber stage tended to be promoted at low temperatures especially in cv. Sequoia; phytotron treatments where night temperature was higher than day had a particularly adverse effect. It appeared that field development was adversely affected if a rapid increase in soil temperature occurred during the period of emergence.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Suhu terhadap Perkembangan Pradewasa Parasitoid Eriborus argenteopilosus Cameron (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 250
Author(s):  
Novri Nelly ◽  
Trimurti Habazar ◽  
Rahmat Syahni ◽  
Damayanti Buchori
Keyword(s):  
Survival Rate ◽  
Temperature Effect ◽  
Development Time ◽  
Degree Days ◽  
Degree Day ◽  
Adult Parasitoid ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae

Temperature effect on development time of the preadult parasitoid Eriborus argenteopilosus Cameron(Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) were studied to know development time, degree days and survival rate.Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius)(Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) larvae was exposed to E. argenteopilosus female andreared at four different temperatures i.e 160C, 200C, 250C and 300C. Data were analyzed using anova and linearregression to calculate degree day. At 200C E. argenteopilosus showed the highest degree day and survival rate(18.67 %), while at 300C nothing adult parasitoid emergenced. Degree day to development time of parasitoid attemperature 200C i.e fase egg-adult: 300.05; egg-pupae 173.35; pupae-adult 171.

Terrestrial arthropod abundance and phenology in the Canadian Arctic: modelling resource availability for Arctic-nesting insectivorous birds

2013 ◽  
Vol 145 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elise Bolduc ◽  
Nicolas Casajus ◽  
Pierre Legagneux ◽  
Laura McKinnon ◽  
H. Grant Gilchrist ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Changes ◽  
Canadian Arctic ◽  
Insectivorous Birds ◽  
Weather Variables ◽  
Degree Day ◽  
Terrestrial Arthropods ◽  
Bird Breeding ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Arthropod Abundance

AbstractArctic arthropods are essential prey for many vertebrates, including birds, but arthropod populations and phenology are susceptible to climate change. The objective of this research was to model the relationship between seasonal changes in arthropod abundance and weather variables using data from a collaborative pan-Canadian (Southampton, Herschel, Bylot, and Ellesmere Islands) study on terrestrial arthropods. Arthropods were captured with passive traps that provided a combined measure of abundance and activity (a proxy for arthropod availability to foraging birds). We found that 70% of the deviance in daily arthropod availability was explained by three temperature covariates: mean daily temperature, thaw degree-day, and thaw degree-day2. Models had an adjusted R2 of 0.29–0.95 with an average among sites and arthropod families of 0.67. This indicates a moderate to strong fit to the raw data. The models for arthropod families with synchronous emergence, such as Tipulidae (Diptera), had a better fit (average adjusted R2 of 0.80) than less synchronous taxa, such as Araneae (R2 = 0.60). Arthropod abundance was typically higher in wet than in mesic habitats. Our models will serve as tools for researchers who want to correlate insectivorous bird breeding data to arthropod availability in the Canadian Arctic.

scholarly journals Walleye recruitment success is less resilient to warming water temperatures in lakes with abundant largemouth bass populations

2018 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gretchen J.A. Hansen ◽  
Stephen R. Midway ◽  
Tyler Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Largemouth Bass ◽  
Micropterus Salmoides ◽  
Degree Days ◽  
Large Lakes ◽  
Recruitment Success ◽  
Annual Water ◽  
Catch Rates ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Annual Water Temperature ◽  
Specific Food

Lakes respond heterogeneously to climate, with implications for fisheries management. We analyzed walleye (Sander vitreus) recruitment to age-0 in 359 lakes in Wisconsin, USA, to (i) quantify the relationship between annual water temperature degree days (DD) and walleye recruitment success and (ii) identify the influence of lake characteristics — area, conductivity, largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) catch rates, and mean DD — on this relationship. The relationship between walleye recruitment and annual DD varied among lakes and was not distinguishable from zero overall (posterior mean = −0.11, 90% CI = −0.34, 0.15). DD effects on recruitment were negative in 198 lakes (55%) and positive in 161 (45%). The effect of annual DD was most negative in lakes with high largemouth bass densities, and, on average, the probability of recruitment was highest in large lakes with low largemouth bass densities. Conductivity and mean DD influenced neither recruitment nor the effect of annual DD. Walleye recruitment was most resilient to warming in lakes with few largemouth bass, suggesting that the effects of climate change depend on lake-specific food-web and habitat contexts.

DEGREE-DAY RELATIONSHIPS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITHOCOLLETIS BLANCARDELLA (LEPIDOPTERA: GRACILLARIIDAE) AND ITS PARASITE APANTELES ORNIGIS (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE)

1979 ◽  
Vol 111 (10) ◽  
pp. 1177-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. F. Johnson ◽  
R. Trottier ◽  
J. E. Laing
Keyword(s):  
Pest Management ◽  
Natural Enemy ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Management Programme ◽  
Seasonal Development ◽  
Daily Maximum ◽  
Degree Days ◽  
Degree Day ◽  
Temperature Thresholds ◽  
Stevenson Screen

AbstractDegree-day relationships in the development of Lithocolletis blancardella (Fab.) and Apanteles ornigis Weed, its major parasite, were established from laboratory and field studies in Ontario apple orchards during 1973, 1974, and 1975. Under constant laboratory conditions, temperature thresholds for development of overwintering pupae were estimated by three methods, and found to be 6.3°, 6.7°, and 5.7°C for L. blancardella, and 10.4°, 10.4°, and 11.3°C for A. ornigis. Degree-day accumulations in the field were calculated by two methods using daily maximum and minimum temperatures recorded from the pupal habitat and a Stevenson screen. Degree-days in the pupal habitat accumulated from 1 January, above 5.7°C for L. blancardella and 11.3°C for A. ornigis were more accurate than Stevenson screen degree-day accumulations for predicting first emergence; however, after emergence, seasonal development was best related to Stevenson screen degree-days accumulated from 1 April, above 6.7°C for L. blancardella and 10.4°C for A. ornigis. This study shows that degree-day relationships can be used in an apple pest management programme to optimize timing of insecticide applications against L. blancardella and preserve A. ornigis, its major natural enemy.

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