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Parental effect of diapause in relation to photoperiod and temperature in the cabbage beetle, Colaphellus bowringi (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2018

H.-M. He ,
H.-J. Xiao  and
F.-S. Xue
H.-M. He
Affiliation:
Institute of Entomology, Jiangxi Agricultural University Nanchang, 330045, China
H.-J. Xiao
Affiliation:
Institute of Entomology, Jiangxi Agricultural University Nanchang, 330045, China
F.-S. Xue*
Affiliation:
Institute of Entomology, Jiangxi Agricultural University Nanchang, 330045, China
*
*Author for correspondence Phone: +867913813248 Fax: +8679183828081 E-mail: xue_fangsen@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Increasing evidence has demonstrated that the environmental conditions experienced by parents can shape offspring phenotypes. Here, we examined the effects of the photoperiod and temperature experienced by parents on the incidence of diapause in their progeny in the cabbage beetle, Colaphellus bowringi, using three experiments. The first experiment examined parental diapause incidence under different photoperiods at 25°C and the incidence of diapause in progeny from both non-diapausing and diapausing parents under the same rearing conditions. The results revealed that the incidence of diapause among progeny was exactly opposite to that of their parents, i.e., higher parental diapause incidence led to lower progeny diapause incidence, showing a negative relationship in diapause incidence between the parental generation and the progeny generation. The incidence of diapause among progeny produced by diapausing parents was higher than that in progeny produced by non-diapausing parents. The second experiment examined parental diapause incidence at different temperatures under LD 12:12 and the incidence of diapause in progeny from both non-diapausing and diapausing parents under the same rearing conditions. Similarly, the incidence of diapause in progeny was also opposite to that of their parents. However, the incidence of diapause in progeny produced by non-diapausing parents was different from that in progeny produced by diapausing parents. In the third experiment, naturally diapausing adults were maintained at a constant temperature of 9, 28°C or the mean daily summer temperature of 27.84°C under continuous darkness for 3 months of dormancy. After dormancy, the progeny of these post-diapause parents were reared under different photoperiods at 25°C. The results showed that the incidence of diapause among progeny was higher when their parents experienced high temperatures than when they experienced low temperatures. All results demonstrate that the photoperiod and temperature experienced by parents may significantly affect the diapause incidence among progeny.

Keywords

Colaphellus bowringiparental effectsdiapausephotoperiodtemperature
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 108 , Issue 6 , December 2018 , pp. 773 - 780
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