The super-cooling point of diapause and nondiapause larvae of the masson pine caterpillar, Dendrolimus punctatus.
Author of the article:HAN Rui-Dong,SU Jian-Wei,LIU Xiang-Hui,LIU Xing-Ping,HE Zhong,GE Feng
Author's Workplace:(State Key of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Roden ts, Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China)
Key Words:Dendrolimus punctatus Walker; super cooling poin t; coldtolerant capacity; diapause; overwintering larvae
Abstract:The supercooling points of diapause and nondiapause larvae of the mas son pine caterpillar Dendrolimus punctatus (Walker) at different diapause st ages and different temperatures were studied. Results show that the mean supercooling point of