Photoperiodic Control of Diapause Induction in the Larva of Lucilia Caesar L. (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

1967 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-122
Author(s):  
R. A. RING

1. It has been shown that photoperiod has a direct effect on the larva of Lucilia casear L. in the induction of diapause. 2. Transference of larvae from long to short photoperiod conditions during the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd instar increases their tendency to enter diapause. Conversely, transfer from short to long photoperiod conditions decreases their tendency to enter diapause. 3. Larvae are sensitive to changes in the absolute length of the photoperiod during all instars. The reaction is not restricted to any one stage but tends to be cumulative; thus the earlier the larvae are transferred from one photoperiod regime to another then the greater the contrast in diapause incidence between experimental groups and controls.

Author(s):  
Lvquan Zhao ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Ying Qiu ◽  
Alex S. Torson

Abstract The accumulation of nutrients during diapause preparation is crucial because any lack of nutrition will reduce the likelihood of insects completing diapause, thereby decreasing their chances of survival and reproduction. The fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea, diapause as overwintering pupae and their diapause incidence and diapause intensity are regulated by the photoperiod. In this study, we test the hypothesis that photoperiod influences energy reserve accumulation during diapause preparation in fall webworm. We found that the body size and mass, lipid and carbohydrate content of pupae with a short photoperiod during the diapause induction phase were significantly greater than those of pupae with a relatively short photoperiod, and the efficiency of converting digested food and ingested food into body matter was greater in the short-photoperiod diapause-destined larvae than the relatively short-photoperiod diapause-destined larvae. We also observed higher lipase and amylase activities in short-photoperiod diapause-destined larvae relative to the counterparts. However, no obvious difference was found in protein and protease in the pupae with a short photoperiod during the diapause induction phase and short-photoperiod diapause-destined larvae compared with the counterparts. Therefore, we conclude that the energy reserve patterns of diapausing fall webworm pupae are plastic and that short-photoperiod diapause-destined larvae increase their energy reserves by improving their feeding efficiency and increase their lipid and carbohydrate stores by increasing the lipase and amylase activities in the midgut.


2015 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Xiao ◽  
H.M. He ◽  
P.S. Zhong ◽  
S. Fu ◽  
C. Chen ◽  
...  

AbstractThe Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis enters diapause as fully grown larvae. Owing to geographical variation in photoperiodic control of diapause, the subtropical strain from Hefei city (HF) enters diapause in response to short daylengths, whereas the tropical strain from Ledong county (LD) exhibits almost no diapause under the same conditions. The two strains were used in crosses to study the inheritance of diapause. The HF strain showed a typical long-day response with a critical daylength of approximately14.97 h at 22 °C, 14.60 h at 25 °C and 13.68 h at 28 °C. The LD strain showed weak photoperiodic responses at 22 and 25 °C; and the F1 progeny also showed a long-day response with significantly shorter critical daylength compared with the HF strain. However, the LD × HF (F × M) crosses had significantly longer critical daylengths than HF × LD crosses, indicating a sexual bias in the inheritance of diapause induction, with the male parent having more influence on the F1 progeny. The critical daylength in a backcross to HF was significantly longer than a backcross to LD. Whether the inheritance of diapause fits an additive hypothesis or not depended on photoperiod, with results from different photoperiods showing additive inheritance or incomplete dominance of either diapause or non-diapause. Unlike diapause induction, the duration of diapause for reciprocal crosses was equally influenced by each parent, suggesting that diapause incidence and maintenance are controlled by separate systems in O. furnacalis.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 1974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Hao ◽  
Aftab Raza Jarwar ◽  
Hidayat Ullah ◽  
Xiongbing Tu ◽  
Xiangqun Nong ◽  
...  

Photoperiod is one of the most important maternal factors with an impact on the offspring diapause induction of Locusta migratoria. Previous studies have shown that forkhead box protein O (FOXO) plays an important role in regulating insect diapause, but how photoperiod stimulates maternal migratory locusts to regulate the next generation of egg diapause through the FOXO signaling pathway still needs to be addressed. In this study, the transcriptomes of ovaries and fat bodies of adult locusts under a long and short photoperiod were obtained. Among the total of 137 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in both ovaries and fat bodies, 71 DEGs involved in FOXO signaling pathways might be closely related to diapause induction. 24 key DEGs were selected and their expression profiles were confirmed to be consistent with the transcriptome results using qRT-PCR. RNA interference was then performed to verify the function of retinoic acid induced protein gene (rai1) and foxo. Egg diapause rates were significantly increased by RNAi maternal locusts rai1 gene under short photoperiods. However, the egg diapause rates were significantly decreased by knock down of the foxo gene in the maternal locusts under a short photoperiod. In addition, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities were promoted by RNAi rai1. We identified the candidate genes related to the FOXO pathway, and verified the diapause regulation function of rai1 and foxo under a short photoperiod only. In the future, the researchers can work in the area to explore other factors and genes that can promote diapause induction under a long photoperiod.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zambawi ◽  
Ahmad Fahrul Syarif ◽  
Robin Robin

This research aimed to evaluated the growth performance of eyespot rasbora (Brevibora dorsiocellata) feeding with different feed in cultured conditions on early stage of domestication. The fishes was collected from river among Balunijuk Village, Bangka Residence. It’s conducted on February until March 2019 at  Laboratory of Aquaculture Sub-Laboratory of Hatchery, University of Bangka Belitung. A kinds of feed on this tretment was blood worms (Tubificidae) and commercial feed (pellet). The parameters observed in this research was surival rates, absolute weight and length and feed consumptions level. The result showed that the survival value ranged on 90-100%., the absolute weight was 0,12±0,02 until 0,17±0,02 grams, the absolute length was 0,69±0,17 until 0,79±0,06 cm and a feed consumptions level was 10±0,58 until 11±1,00 gram. In common, the eyespot rasbora (Brevibora dorsiocellata) showed the postively responses on early stage of domestications with different feed on cultured medium.Keywords : Bangka Island, Brevibora dosrsiocellata, Domestication, Eyespot Rasbora


2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-34
Author(s):  
Hector Nava-Trujillo ◽  
Robert Valeris-Chacin ◽  
Adriana Morgado-Osorio ◽  
Javier Hernández ◽  
Janeth Caamaño ◽  
...  

This study aimed to determine the effect of parity and season of calving on the probability of water buffalo cows becoming pregnant before 90 days postpartum. A retrospective analysis of reproductive records of 1,465 water buffaloes with 3,181 pregnancies was carried out. Buffaloes were grouped according to parity in one, two, or three and more calvings. Season of calving was created with the following values: long photoperiod (March-August) and short photoperiod (September-February) and predicted probabilities from the mixed-effects logistic regression model were calculated, and a generalized linear mixed model was fitted with random intercepts to calculate the log odds of becoming pregnant ≤90 days postpartum. The probability of pregnancy ≤90 days postpartum was 0.3645, and this was lower in primiparous (0.2717) in comparison with two-calved (0.3863) and three or more calving buffaloes (0.5166). Probability of pregnancy ≤90 days postpartum increased 1.77 odds by each increase in parity. The probability of becoming pregnant ≤90 days postpartum was higher in water buffaloes calving during the short photoperiod season (0.4239 vs. 0.2474, P>0.000), and water buffaloes calving during the long photoperiod season only had 0.2645 odds to become pregnant than those calving during the short photoperiod season. The negative effect of long photoperiod was observed indifferently of parity. In conclusion, primiparity and the long photoperiod affect water buffalo cow's reproductive performance, decreasing pregnancy probability during the first 90 days postpartum.


1980 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. MUNRO ◽  
K. P. McNATTY ◽  
L. RENSHAW

Changes in the plasma concentration of prolactin in intact, pinealectomized, shampinealectomized, ovariectomized and hysterectomized ewes were investigated over a period of 11 months. The concentrations of prolactin were consistently low (<20 ng/ml) during the winter months (short photoperiod) in the intact, sham-pinealectomized, ovariectomized and hysterectomized animals. In contrast, the concentrations of prolactin were consistently raised (> 50 ng/ml) during the summer months (long photoperiod) in the same groups. During the transitional period from winter to summer the concentrations of prolactin were correlated with the reproductive status of the animals. In the pregnant animals, the prolactin concentrations increased from low values during pregnancy to high values at parturition. During lactation, the concentrations of prolactin in these animals remained high, although they were lower than those found subsequently during the summer months when the ewes were no longer lactating. In the non-pregnant ewes (i.e. the ovariectomized and hysterectomized animals), the prolactin concentrations increased more gradually during the transitional period from winter to summer than was the case in the parturient animals. In the pinealectomized ewes, the plasma concentrations of prolactin were raised throughout the year, irrespective of whether the animals were pregnant, lactating or in anoestrus. In these animals, the only occasion when prolactin concentrations were consistently low was during the mid-winter period, although they were also low at times during the period of oestrous activity. It was concluded that the circa-annual pattern of prolactin concentrations in ewes is primarily determined by the photoperiod, and that the pineal gland in the ewe is an important translator of the photoperiod. Parturition and suckling have important, but secondary, influences. Moreover, it was concluded that the secretions from the reproductive tract and the seasonal variations in temperature normally have little influence by themselves on the circa-annual rhythm of prolactin.


1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. R. Liley

Female doves were held under long (16 h per day), or short (8 h per day) photoperiod and exposed to actively courting males for 4.5 h per day for 15 days. The occurrence of egg laying and nest building was recorded daily. Behavioural observations were recorded for 15 min on alternate days.Seven out of eight long-photoperiod females laid eggs, whereas only one of nine short-photoperiod females began egg laying. Soliciting by the female and nest building involving male and female are the best indicators of a female's readiness to begin breeding. The occurrence of these activities is correlated with the growth of follicles and oviduct. Copulation and associated behaviours are not correlated with follicle and oviduct growth, and appear to be controlled by factors different from those governing courtship behaviour associated with the nest site.


2017 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 124-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duttagupta Subhadeep ◽  
B.N. Srikumar ◽  
B.S. Shankaranarayana Rao ◽  
Bindu M. Kutty

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