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Thermal-summation model

The linear model that relates insect development rate to temperature above a threshold. Development rate increases in proportion to the excess temperature; the inverse of the rate gives the time to complete a stage at a given constant temperature.

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Accumulated degree days (ADD)Accumulated degree hours (ADH)Base (lower developmental) thresholdScene correction factorUpper developmental threshold

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