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Trophic regulation of postdiapause ovariole maturation inCoccinella septempunctata [Col.: Coccinellidae]

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In 1977 the vernal maturation ofCoccinella septempunctata L. females was investigated in relation to the variation in aphid population density on alfalfa and cereals in central Bohemia. The ovarioles do not ripen unless the aphid population density reaches a certain threshold. This leads to considerable variability in the time of vernal reproductive activity (up to 1.5 months in the same geographic locality) among subpopulations living on crops with different aphid densities. This mechanism enables the reproduction of the aphidophagous insect to synchronize with the population development of the aphid.

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En 1977, la maturation printanière des femelles deC. septempunctata a été étudiée par rapport à la variation de la densité de population des pucerons sur la luzerne et sur les céréales, en Bohême centrale. Les ovarioles ne mûrissent pas tant que la densité de la population de pucerons n'atteint pas une certaine valeur. Ce fait occasionne des différences considérables (jusque 1 mosi 1/2), dans le début de la reproduction au printemps entre différentes sous-populations vivant sur différentes cultures dans le même site géographique. Ce mécanisme permet la synchronisation de la reproduction de l'insecte aphidiphage avec le développment de la population du puceron.

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Honěk, A. Trophic regulation of postdiapause ovariole maturation inCoccinella septempunctata [Col.: Coccinellidae] . Entomophaga 23, 213–216 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02373095

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