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Postdiapause development and spring emergence of the european corn borer,Ostrinia nubilalis, in Israel

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The European corn borer (ECB),Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), is the major pest of corn (Zea mays L.) in Israel. We investigated the temporal patterns of pupation and emergence of various overwintering ECB populations in Israel during 1992-94. The association between Julian date (JD) or cumulative degree-days (DD) and the rates of either pupation or emergence was studied using simple linear regression models. Differences between populations in JDs required to reach 50% pupation amounted to 5%, whereas for DD differences amounted to 26%. Similarly, at 50% emergence, differences between populations were up to 3% for JD and to 12% for DD. Two different forecasting models are proposed for either pupation or emergence. Based on these models, both pupation and emergence develop over a period of 4 to 5 weeks, and they are expected to occur between the following JDs: onset of pupation, 66–70 (March 7–11); 50% pupation, 96–102 (April 6–12); onset of emergence, 85–94 (March 26-April 4); and 50% emergence, 115–121 (April 25-May 1). Pupal development required 160 DD (confidence interval [C.I.] 141–179 DD) and it is expected to takeca 16 days (C.I. 14–18 days). The simple linear regression models obtained in this study are suggested as preliminary phenological models for the temporal prediction of postdiapause pupation and emergence of ECB.

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Ben-Yakir, D., Nestel, D., Ben-Herzel, H. et al. Postdiapause development and spring emergence of the european corn borer,Ostrinia nubilalis, in Israel. Phytoparasitica 23, 205–215 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02981384

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