An Impact of Photoperiod on the Generation of the Winged Individuals in the Population of Black Bean Aphid (Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763)

Abstract

The study of the process of migration in aphids has great practical importance. Thus, the aphids pass from one plant to another by these morphs and feed there and maintain their population by growing. The literature information on the research of the photoperiodic reactions in aphids is sufficient. However, the seasonal adaptation characteristics of sugar beet aphids have not been studied up to date in Azerbaijan. For this reason, the study of an impact of photoperiod on the emergence of winged ones in the population of black bean aphid is one of the important issues. During the study of reaction of individuals fed in the same routine against the photoperiod in the next generations, it has been defined that short photoperiod is more observed in the following generations. It seems that the information collected from the former generations is directly passed to the next generations. The results show that the continuous breeding of these species by means of parthenogenesis is only available in the long day (14, 16, 18, 24 hours) routine. However, the winged individuals prevail in the short photoperiods. The preference of winged individuals in 24 hours of photoperiod rather than others (14–18 hours) is probably related to the physiological changes occurs in them.