Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Jan 1985
PROTEINS, CARBOHYDRATES AND LIPIDS IN THE LARVAE, PUPAE AND ADULTS OF PECAN WEEVIL, CURCULIO CARYAE HORN
PROTEINS, CARBOHYDRATES AND LIPIDS IN THE LARVAE, PUPAE AND ADULTS OF PECAN WEEVIL, CURCULIO CARYAE HORN
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Page Range: 42 – 46
Pecan weevil larvae, in the 4th instar, held at 20°C showed a rapid decline in fatty acids, carbohydrates and proteins with time. Regression analysis of the fatty acid data (with time) gave a best fit for a polynomial expression, whereas both protein and carbohydrate fit a logarithmic curve. The larvae at 20°C pupated in an average of 42 days. The average life span of adults fed sucrose water was 82 days.
Keywords: Pecan weevil; fatty acids; proteins; carbohydrates
Copyright: © 1985 Georgia Entomological Society, Inc.
Contributor Notes
1 Boll Weevil Research Laboratory, Agriculture Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762-5367.
2 Department of Entomology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762.
Accepted: 31 Oct 1984