DNA synthesis in the imaginal wing discs of the American bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner).
J Biosci
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2002 Mar; 27(2): 113-20
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in English
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| ID: sea-110706
ABSTRACT
The effect of two insect growth regulators of plant origin viz. plumbagin and azadirachtin and the ecdysteroids 20-hydroxyecdysone, makisterone A and a phytoecdysteroid on DNA synthesis in imaginal wing discs of day 4 final instar Helicoverpa armigera larvae was studied. DNA synthesis increased with increase in time of incubation up to 8 h and decreased later without the addition of moulting hormone. Addition of 20-hydroxyecdysone supported long term acquisition of competence for DNA synthesis in the wing discs. Both DNA synthesis and protein content were drastically reduced in plumbagin and azadirachtin-treated insects. Under in vitro conditions, plumbagin had a more pronounced inhibitory effect than azadirachtin. All the ecdysteroids tested, viz. makisterone A, 20-hydroxyecdysone and the ecdysteroidal fraction from the silver fern Cheilanthes farinosa enhanced DNA synthesis.
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Triterpenes
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DNA
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Naphthoquinones
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Insect Proteins
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Ecdysteroids
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Limonins
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Ecdysone
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Ecdysterone
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Insecticides
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Larva
Language:
English
Journal:
J Biosci
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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