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Agriculture · Q401

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 401

Q401

The number of generations an insect completes in one year in its natural condition is known as

A.
Voltinism
Answer
B.
Denier
C.
Grainage
D.
None of these

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
The number of generations an insect completes in one year in its natural condition is known as Voltinism.
Voltinism is a term used in biology to indicate the number of broods or generations of an organism in a year. The term is most often applied to insects and is particularly in use in sericulture, where silkworm varieties vary in their voltinism.
The number of breeding cycles in a year is under genetic control in many species and they evolved in response to the environment.