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INTERACTION BETWEEN AMINO ACIDS AND GLUCOSE IN LARVAL NUTRITION OF THE FLY AGRIA HOUSEI (DIPTERA: SARCOPHAGIDAE) AT LOW TEMPERATURE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

H. L. House
H. L. House
Affiliation:
Smithfield Experimental Farm, Agriculture Canada, Trenton, Ontario
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Abstract

Differences were shown in the rate of larval development of the fly Agria housei Shewell reared axenically at 15° and 30°C on chemically defined (meridic) diets with varied proportions of glucose and an amino acid mixture. Although the rate of larval development differed with amino acid level and rearing temperature, the important finding was an interaction between glucose and suboptimal low levels of amino acids that occurred in suboptimal low (15°C) temperature. This shows that nutritional requirements can change with temperature and is noteworthy because any relationship between the nutrition of an organism and environmental temperature can have ecological significance.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 1 , January 1977 , pp. 87 - 91
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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