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Science 24 July 1970:
Vol. 169. no. 3943, pp. 382 - 383
DOI: 10.1126/science.169.3943.382
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Photoperiod Manipulation of Insect Diapause: A Method of Pest Control?

D. K. Hayes 1, W. N. Sullivan 1, M. Z. Oliver 1, and M. S. Schechter 1

1 Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland 20705

Extension of day length by artificial light in selected field plots in the fall prevented 76 percent of European corn borer [Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner)] larvae and 70 percent of codling moth [Laspeyresia pomonella (L.)] larvae from entering diapause. Nondiapausing insects cannot survive rigorous winter conditions.

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