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VITAMINS E AND K IN RELATION TO GROWTH OF THE HOUSE CRICKET (ORTHOPTERA: GRYLLIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. E. McFarlane
J. E. McFarlane
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec H0A 1C0
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While there is much evidence for interrelationships between the organic components of insect diets as they relate to growth, there is very little information available on inorganic or organic-inorganic relationships. An example of inorganic interactions is found with Cu and Zn in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus (L.) (McFarlane 1976a).Organic-inorganic interactions have been shown by Fraenkel (1958), who demonstrated effects of Zn and potassium on the expression of a carnitine deficiency in Tenebrio molitor, and by McFarlane (1974), who showed an interaction between Cu and vitamin E in the house cricket.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 110 , Issue 3 , 01 March 1978 , pp. 329 - 330
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1978

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