Influence of dietary nutritional composition on caterpillar salivary enzyme activity

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 286-296

  Babic, Branislav ^a   Poisson, Alexandre ^a   Darwish, Shireef ^a   Lacasse, Jean ^a   Merkx Jacques, Magali ^a   Despland, Emma ^b   Bede, Jacqueline C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Larval performance; Nutritional quality; Salivary enzymes; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE OXIDASE;

CARBOHYDRATE; CATERPILLAR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; OXIDATION; PROTEIN; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOTH; PROTEIN INTAKE; SALIVARY GLAND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; LARVA; MOTHS; SALIVARY GLANDS;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; HEXAPODA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 38149016818     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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