Digestive Enzyme Activity in the Gut of the Adult Apple Maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella1,2
- 16 May 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 70 (3) , 417-422
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/70.3.417
Abstract
The presence of α-glucosidase-like activity was shown in the gut of the adult apple maggot (Diptera: Tephritidae). Activity in the midgut was slightly higher than in the foregut and hydrolysis occurred faster at 37° than at 22°C. Hydrolysis of a number of α-glucoside sugars suggested the presence of α-glucosidase rather than invertase. Tests for proteases were negative.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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