Trehalose and glucose levels in hemolymph of diet-reared, tobacco leaf-reared and parasitized tobacco hornworm larvae.
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-1. Tobacco hornworms, Manduca sexta, were reared on either tobacco leaves or synthetic diet. 2. Glucose and trehalose levels in the hemolymph were significantly lower in leaf-reared larvae. 3. Levels of trehalose were higher in the earlier part of each stadium. 4. Fourth stadium levels of trehalose were generally greater than fifth stadium levels. 5. Trehalose, but not glucose, levels were lower in diet-reared larvae parasitized by Apanteles congregatus than in unparasitized diet-reared larvae.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology
دوره 50 1A شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1975