Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Two mechanisms in the biological clock ofPieris brassicae L.: an oscillator for diapause induction; an hour-glass for diapause termination

  • Short Communications
  • Published:
Experientia Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Summary

Resonance experiments for photoperiodic termination of pupal diapause demonstrated thatPieris brassicae uses a night-measuring hour-glass mechanism. In previous work the same resonance technique for diapause induction revealed that photoperiodic time-measurement is a function of the circadian system. For the first time in a living organism it has been shown that the biological clock operates by means of an oscillator for photoperiodic onset of a phenomenon and according to an hour-glass system for photoperiodic termination.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Bünning, E., Ber. dt. bot. Ges.54 (1936) 590.

    Google Scholar 

  2. Beck, S.D., Insect Photoperiodism. Academic Press, New York 1980.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Saunders, D.S., Insect Clocks, 2nd edn. Pergamon, Oxford 1982.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Horwarth, K.L., and Duman, J.G., J. exp. Zool.219 (1982) 267.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Tyshchenko, V.P., and Tyshchenko, G.F., Zhur. obshch. Biol.43 (1982) 48.

    Google Scholar 

  6. Tyshchenko, V.P., and Tyshchenko, G.F., Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR270 (1983) 494.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Hamner, W.M., Science142 (1963) 1294.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Follett, B.K., and Sharp, P.J., Nature223 (1969) 968.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Turek, F.W., J. comp. Physiol.92 (1964) 59.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Gwinner, E., and Eriksson, L.O., J. Ornithol.118 (1977) 60.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Pavgi, S., and Chandola, A., Gen. comp. Endocr.52 (1983) 126.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Elliott, J.A., Stetson, M.H., and Menaker, M., Science178 (1972) 771.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Crocock, C.A., and Clarke, J.R., J. Reprod. Fert.39 (1974) 337.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Zucker, I., Johnstons, P.G., and Frost, D., Prog. reprod. Biol.5 (1980) 102.

    Google Scholar 

  15. Almeida, O.F.X., and Lincoln, G.A., Biol. Reprod.27 (1982) 1062.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  16. Nelson R.J., Bamat, M.K., and Zucker, I., Biol. Reprod.26 (1982) 329.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  17. Whitsett, J.M., Underwood, H., and Cherry, J., Biol. Reprod.28 (1983) 652.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  18. Whitsett, J., Cherry, J., and Underwood, H., Experientia40 (1984) 887.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  19. Bernier, G., Kinet, J.M., and Sachs, R.M., The Physiology of Flowering, vol. 1. C.R.C., Florida, 1981.

    Google Scholar 

  20. Bonnemaison, L., Z. angew. Ent.86 (1978) 178.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. Underwood, H., J. comp. Physiol.125 (1978) 143.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Bünning, E., Photochem. Photobiol.9 (1969) 219.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  23. Claret, J., Dumortier, B., and Brunnarius, J., C.r. hebd. Séanc. Acad. Sci., Paris292 (1981) 427.

    Google Scholar 

  24. Claret, J., C.r. hebd. Séanc. Acad. Sci., Paris (D)277 (1973) 733.

    Google Scholar 

  25. Brunnarius, J., and Dumortier, B., J. comp. Physiol. (A)155 (1984) 161.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. Pittendrigh, C.S., in: Biological Clocks in Seasonal Reproductive cycles, p. 1. Eds B.K. Follett and D.E. Follett. Scientechnica, Bristol 1981.

    Google Scholar 

  27. Saunders, D.S., J. Insect Physiol.28 (1982) 305.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  28. Saunders D.S., J. Insect Physiol.12 (1966) 569.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  29. Goryshin, N.I., and Tyshchenko, V.P., Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR193 (1970) 458.

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Laboratoire de Physiologie sensorielle I.N.R.A., F-78350, Jouy en Josas, France

    J. Claret

Authors
  1. J. Claret
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Claret, J. Two mechanisms in the biological clock ofPieris brassicae L.: an oscillator for diapause induction; an hour-glass for diapause termination. Experientia 41, 1613–1615 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964835

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964835

Key words

Search

Navigation