Diapause of the southwestern corn borer, diatraea grandiosella: utilization of fat body and haemolymph reserves¹
1973
CHIPPENDALE, G.M.
The utilization of metabolic reserves of mature southwestern corn borers held in two regimes (23° 12L:12D and 30° 24L:0D) which permitted different rates of diapause development was studied. Diapause larvae which had been reared on a meridic diet or host-plant tissue were compared. Data were obtained on the fate of lipid, glycogen, protein and amino acid reserves of the fat body and haemolymph during diapause. The major results showed that lipids comprised ca. 80% of the fat body dry weight and formed the principal reserve of diapause larvae. Thin layer chromatographic analyses showed that triglycerides made up > 90% of the fat body lipids. Protein, amino acids and glycogen were found to be of secondary importance during diapause since they made up < 15% of the fat body dry weight. In contrast, the haemolymph had a high protein and low amino acid, lipid, and glycogen content. Haemolymph proteins supplemented the fat body lipid reserves and were drawn upon during the later stages of diapause.
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