Mohamed,, S., Moursy, E., Abd El-Hafez, A. (2000). EFFECT OF ASCORBIC ACID ANALOGUES ON GROWTH AND SOME CHEMICAL CONTENTS IN PINK BOLLWORM, Pectinophora gossypiella (SAUND.). test, 25(8), 5453-5460. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2000.259563
Sondos A. Mohamed,; Eman B. Moursy; Alia Abd El-Hafez. "EFFECT OF ASCORBIC ACID ANALOGUES ON GROWTH AND SOME CHEMICAL CONTENTS IN PINK BOLLWORM, Pectinophora gossypiella (SAUND.)". test, 25, 8, 2000, 5453-5460. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2000.259563
Mohamed,, S., Moursy, E., Abd El-Hafez, A. (2000). 'EFFECT OF ASCORBIC ACID ANALOGUES ON GROWTH AND SOME CHEMICAL CONTENTS IN PINK BOLLWORM, Pectinophora gossypiella (SAUND.)', test, 25(8), pp. 5453-5460. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2000.259563
Mohamed,, S., Moursy, E., Abd El-Hafez, A. EFFECT OF ASCORBIC ACID ANALOGUES ON GROWTH AND SOME CHEMICAL CONTENTS IN PINK BOLLWORM, Pectinophora gossypiella (SAUND.). test, 2000; 25(8): 5453-5460. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2000.259563

EFFECT OF ASCORBIC ACID ANALOGUES ON GROWTH AND SOME CHEMICAL CONTENTS IN PINK BOLLWORM, Pectinophora gossypiella (SAUND.)

Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology
Article 3, Volume 25, Issue 8 - Serial Number 2, August 2000, Pages 5453-5460    PDF (740.9 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2000.259563
Authors
Sondos A. Mohamed,1; Eman B. Moursy2; Alia Abd El-Hafez1
1Plant Protection Research Institute, Agric. Res. Center., Dokki, Giza, Egypt
2Dept. of Econ. Entomol. & Pesticides, Fac. Of Agric., Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
Abstract
The effects of ascorbic acid on development and some biochemical analysis of Pectinophora gossypiella (Saund.) were investigated after feedingnewly hatched larvae with different concentrations of three ascorbic acid analogues i.e., L-ascorbic acid, D- isoascorbic and D- glucoascorbic acid. The added analogue and the used concentration significantly affected larval growth. Statistically, L-ascorbic acid seemed to be the best analogue, as the whole mean of survived larvae averaged 63.737% comparing with 54.17 and 32.9% for the D-isoascorbic and D-glucoascorbic acid analogues, respectively. All survived larvae succeeded to develop into pupae after feeding with any of the three concentrations of L-ascorbic acid, while, all larvae died or failed to develop into pupae when fed with 2.32 mg of D- isoascorbic or D- glucoascorbic acid analogue / 100g diet, respectively. The significant low percentages of survived larvae or produced pupae are a reflection to the reduction in the values of total protein, tyrosine and chitin in larval body. Statistical analysis of data yielded a significant correlation between the percentages of larvae which succeeded to develop into pupae and the quantity of their total protein (r = 0.8043**), tyrosine (r = 0.82277**) and chitin (r = 0.69874*) in larvae.
Keywords
L-ascorbic acid; D- isoascorbic acid; D- glucoascorbic acid; protein; tyrosine; chitin; Pectinophora gossypiell
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