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dc.contributor.authorSuman, Smita Dutta
dc.description.abstractMostly adult Lepidoptera feed on plant nectar. That is, adults can only contribute to carbon, and not nitrogen, acquisition. The moth Heliothis virescens were used to explore the hypothesis that larval nutrition influences various adult carbon pools and that these, in turn, may affect pheromone production quantitatively. H. virescens larvae were reared on diets differing in carbohydrate, fat or protein content and resulting 5 th instars and adults were analyzed for carbon pools, hemolymph trehalose concentration (HTC) and lipid content. Across all the diet treatments, changes in carbohydrate content affected carbon pool the most. In particular, for insects reared on a high carbohydrate diet, adults had a greater lipid content, while for insects reared on a low carbohydrate diet, adults had a lower HTC, compared to insects reared on the control or other diets. By contrast, changes in protein and fat had little effect on HTC and lipid content of adults.en_US
dc.publisherNorth Dakota State Universityen_US
dc.rightsNDSU policy 190.6.2
dc.titleEffect of Larval Diet on Endogenous Carbon Reproductive Resources of Fifth Instars and Adult Females of the Moth, Heliothis Virescensen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-28T14:24:03Z
dc.date.available2017-11-28T14:24:03Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10365/26886
dc.rights.urihttps://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
ndsu.degreeMaster of Science (MS)en_US
ndsu.collegeAgriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resourcesen_US
ndsu.departmentEntomologyen_US
ndsu.departmentSchool of Natural Resource Sciencesen_US
ndsu.programEntomologyen_US
ndsu.advisorFoster, Stephen


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