Influence of Temperature on Breaking Diapause, Development and Emergence of Megachile minutissima (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)

The leafcutting bee, Megachile minutissima Radoszkowski, 1876, is a valuable pollinator of alfalfa grown for seed production in Egypt. In order to control adult emergence of M. minutissima to be synchronized with the expected changes in flowering times of alfalfa crop, breaking the prepupal diapause...

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Main Authors: Kamel S. M., Osman M. A. M., Mahmoud M. F., Haggag El-S. I., Aziz A. R., Shebl M. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-06-01
Series:Vestnik Zoologii
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/vzoo-2019-0024