Essential Amino Acids in Dietary Protein Sources and the Nutritional Status and Oviposition of Boll Weevils

Authors: Lindig, Oliver H.; Poe, William E.; Hedin, Paul A.

Source: Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 73, Number 1, February 1980 , pp. 172-175(4)

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

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Abstract:

The content of essential amino acids in the bud anthers of cotton, Gossypium spp., the normal feeding site of Anthonomus grandis grandis (Boheman) was similar to the content in the insect. The standard adult and larval boll weevil diets possessed a lysine-arginine ratio of 0.52 because of the high level of cottonseed arginine, but the ratio in anthers (assumed to be optimal) was 1.50. Two diets that were formulated with a higher lysine-arginine ratio (0.90) and a higher total amino acid content gave increased larval survival, growth, oviposition, and hatch.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 1980-02-01

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Journal of Economic Entomology is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December. The journal publishes articles on the economic significance of insects and is divided into the following sections: apiculture & social insects; arthropods in relation to plant disease; forum; insecticide resistance and resistance management; ecotoxicology; biological and microbial control; ecology and behavior; sampling and biostatistics; household and structural insects; medical entomology; molecular entomology; veterinary entomology; forest entomology; horticultural entomology; field and forage crops, and small grains; stored-product; commodity treatment and quarantine entomology; and plant resistance. In addition to research papers, Journal of Economic Entomology publishes Letters to the Editor, interpretive articles in a Forum section, Short Communications, Rapid Communications, and Book Reviews.
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