Optimal Low Temperature and Chilling Period for Both Summer and Winter Diapause Development in Pieris melete: Based on a Similar Mechanism

The cabbage butterfly, Pieris melete hibernates and aestivates as a diapausing pupa. We present evidence that the optimum of low temperature and optimal chilling periods for both summer and winter diapause development are based on a similar mechanism. Summer or winter diapausing pupae were exposed t...

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Main Authors: Xiao, HaiJun, Wu, ShaoHui, Chen, Chao, Xue, FangSen
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3575341/