Digestion of starch granules from maize, potato and wheat by larvae of the the yellow mealworm, tenebrio molitor and the Mexican bean weevil, Zabrotes subfasciatus

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Meireles, Elaine A ^a   Carneiro, Cíntia N B ^a   DaMatta, Renato A ^a   Samuels, Richard I ^a   Silva, Carlos P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amylase; Insect digestion; Microscopy; Midgut

Indexed keywords

BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZABROTES SUBFASCIATUS; ZEA MAYS;

STARCH;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTION; LARVA; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POTATO; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENEBRIO; WEEVIL; WHEAT;

ANIMALS; DIGESTION; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STARCH; TENEBRIO; TRITICUM; WEEVILS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 68449088474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.009.4301     Document Type: Article

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