U.S. Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service, Lincoln, Nebraska

 

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1986

Citation

Environ. Entomol. 15: 1022-1027 (1986)

Comments

This document is a U.S. government work and is not subject to copyright in the United States.

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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