Date of Award
2013
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Awarded
Master of Science (MS)
Program
Entomology
Department
Entomology
College
Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources
Faculty Advisor
Foster, Stephen
Description
Mostly 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.
Recommended Citation
Suman, Smita Dutta, "Effect of Larval Diet on Endogenous Carbon Reproductive Resources of Fifth Instars and Adult Females of the Moth, Heliothis Virescens" (2013). Entomology. 5.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/entomology/5
Rights
NDSU policy 190.6.2
Rights Link
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Handle Identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/26886