Effects of a Neem Sample on Protein Patterns of Bactrocera cucurbitae

Authors

NIKHAT YASMIN
MOHAMMAD FARHANULLAH KHAN
MUHAMMAD SAMIULLAH CHANNA
ZEESHAN ALI

Abstract

Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett) adults were reared with 5% honey solution, sugar, and protein-hydrolysate. Females were provided to lay eggs on larval rearing media in a bottle gourd. Twenty third-instar larvae of the same size and age were exposed to filter papers treated with varying doses of a neem sample in 90 mm diameter petri dishes for 24 h. A probit-mortality curve was drawn to determine the LC_{50} of the sample. LC_{50} dose of the sample was calculated as 5.6%. Thin layer chromatography was used to determine the effects of neem sample on the protein patterns of the treated insect. The Rf-values of separated proteins (peptides) were determined and compared to those of the untreated control.

DOI

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Keywords

Bactrocera cucurbitae, insect rearing, protein patterns, Azadirachta indica

First Page

415

Last Page

419

Recommended Citation

YASMIN, N, KHAN, M. F, CHANNA, M. S, & ALI, Z (2008). Effects of a Neem Sample on Protein Patterns of Bactrocera cucurbitae. Turkish Journal of Zoology 32 (4): 415-419. https://doi.org/-