U.S. Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service, Lincoln, Nebraska
Date of this Version
1986
Citation
Environ. Entomol. 15: 1022-1027 (1986)
Abstract
Duration of immature stages of seedcorn maggots (SCM), Delia platura (Meigen), and bean seed maggots (BSM), D. florilega (Zetterstedt), was determined at eight constant temperatures from 5 to 40°C. No SCM or BSM survived to second instar at either 5 or 40°C. No BSM survived to the adult stage at 35°C. Duration of immature stages varied from 240 days at 10°C to 17 days at 35°C. A computer model developed using the SCM development rate data closely simulated SCM development in the field during the growing season.
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