ALTERATION OF TOBACCO HORNWORM, MANDUCA SEXTA, HAEMOLYMPH COMPOSITION BY CANAVANINE‐AMINO ACID MIXTURES
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- 1 November 1978
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
- Vol. 24 (3) , 327-335
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.1978.tb02789.x
Abstract
Larvae of the 5th‐instar tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (L.), were fed artificial diets containing either 2.5 mM canavanine or 2.5 mM canavanine + 25 mM arginine. Haemolymph volume and concentrations of total carbohydrate, trehalose, amino acids, proteins, lipids and percent solids were determined daily through the day preceding larval‐pupal ecdysis. Consumption of diet containing only canavanine resulted in an increased percent haemolymph and consumption of the canavanine‐arginine diet intensified this effect. Thus, percent haemolymph of mature 5th‐instar control larvae was 27% compared to 33% for canavanine and 38% for canavanine‐arginine treated larvae. Treated larvae were unable to maintain the concentrations of carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins and lipids found in controls. Nevertheless, the synthetic mechanisms associated with the release of these compounds into the haemolymph were functioning because their total amounts present in the canavanine and canavanine‐arginine treated larvae were not very different from the control after the additional haemolymph volume was taken into consideration.RÉSUMÉ: MODIFICATION DE LA COMPOSITION DE L'HÉMOLYMPHE PAR DES MÉLANGES DE CANAVANINE ET D'ACIDES AMINÉS CHEZ MANDUCA SEXTA.La L‐canavanine a des propriétés insecticides puissantes et protège sans aucun doute la plante contre l'activité alimentaire des insectes phytophages. Lorsque l'on nourrit des larves du 5ème stade du ver du tabac Manduca sexta (L.) avec une ration contenant un mélange de canavanine et d'arginine, on obtient des larves géantes. L'augmentation de la biomasse est due à une accumulation de fluides. On a mesuré quotidiennement le volume d'hémolymphe et les concentrations d'hydrates de carbone totaux, de tréhalose, d'acides aminés, de protéines, de lipides et le pourcentage de solides. La consommation d'une ration contenant de la canavanine a causé une augmentation de la quantité d'hémolymphe; cette augmentation a été plus importante dans le cas d'une ration canavanine‐arginine. C'est ainsi que le pourcentage d'hémolymphe était de 27% chez les larves matures du 5ème stade témoins, de 33% chez les larves traitées à la canavanine et 38% chez les larves traitées à la canavanine‐arginine. Les larves traitées ne parvenaient pas à maintenir les concentrations d'hydrates de carbone, d'acides aminés, de protéines et de lipides constatées chez les témoins. Pourtant les mécanismes synthétiques associés à la décharge de ces composés dans l'hémolymphe fonctionnaient, puisque les quantités totales présentes n'étaient pas modifiées.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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