Title:

Reaction of phenotypes of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) and T. confusum (Duval) to changes in their diet

Subtitle:

Reaction of Tribolium phenotypes to diet changes

Creator:

Prus, Tadeusz ; Bijok, Paweł ; Prus, Mirosława

Contributor:

Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Ecology

Publisher:

Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Ecology. Publishing Office

Place of publishing:

Dziekanów Leśny

Date issued/created:

2000

Description:

Pages 195-207 : illustrations ; 27 cm ; Bibliographical references (pages 206-207)

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Tribolium ; phenotypes ; diet ; metabolism ; fecundity

Abstract:

Comparison was made of reactions of two species: Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) – strain cI and T. confusum (Duval) – strain bIV and their two phenotypes characterised by different number of instars during development (6- and 7-instar) in each species to two diets: wheat flour with yeast (standard medium) and flour without yeast (altered medium). Medium deprived of yeast did not affect substantially survival of phenotypic groups of both species during embryonic and larval development. Lack of yeast in the diet significantly decreased fecundity (especially in T. castaneum), increased oxygen consumption mainly in larval stages, and increased body calorific value (stronger inT. confusum), decreased reproductive effort (stronger in T. castaneum). Lack of yeast in diet caused decrease in energy expenditure for maturation in T. confusum (with much smaller effect in T. castaneum). There was no significant difference in reaction to diet change in the two phenotypes within both stratns.

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Relation:

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volume:

48

Issue:

3

Start page:

195

End page:

207

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Resource Identifier:

ISSN 1505-2249

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.2840 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

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