Essays about: "pupation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word pupation.

  1. 1. Effect of different food by-products on Tenebrio molitor growth and development in an industrial environment

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Anton Laggar Andreasson; [2023]
    Keywords : Tenebrio molitor; yellow mealworm; growth; development; industrial farming; wet feed; dry feed; by-products; insects; insects as food and feed; maturation; pupation;

    Abstract : Due to an increasing need for high-quality protein around the world, eyes are turning towards alternative methods of farming, such as insect farms. As insects can eat what humans cannot, e.g. food by-products, they can be a part of sustainable food systems. READ MORE

  3. 2. Friends with benefits? - Does gut microbiota of Spodoptera littoralis affect insecticide resistance and are there any costs of insecticide resistance development?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Protection Biology

    Author : Sarah Heithausen; [2021]
    Keywords : insecticide resistance development; gut microbiota; gut symbiont-mediated resistance; trade-off effects; fitness costs; symbiosis; survival; life-history traits; fecundity;

    Abstract : The insect gut microbiota has many important functions for insects such as detoxification of host plant toxins. Recently there has been a growing interest on the effect of insect gut microbiota on insecticide resistance development. Insecticide resistance is a growing concern for food security and sustainable agriculture. READ MORE

  4. 3. Drosophila model of myosin myopathy rescued by overexpression of a TRIM-protein family member

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för hälsa och lärande

    Author : Sepideh Najmabadi; [2019]
    Keywords : Laing distal myopathy; Drosophila melanogaster; MuRF1;

    Abstract : Laing distal myopathy is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner usually before the age of five that initially involves the dorsiflexion in the ankles’ and in big toes to the finger extensors. Weakness of the flexor muscles in the neck is seen in most affected individuals and mild facial weakness is also often present. READ MORE

  5. 4. Patogener och deras påverkan på honungsbin

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Johan Ekefäll; [2018]
    Keywords : honungsbin; pollinering; Varroa; amerikansk yngelröta; den lilla kupskalbaggen; patogener;

    Abstract : Bin har pollinerat blommor i miljontals år, och det finns idag över 20000 arter av bin världen över. Honungsbin omfattar sju av dessa arter som ingår i gruppen långtungade bin. Människan fick sin första smak av honung för flera tusen år sedan när de levde som jägare och samlare. READ MORE

  6. 5. The survival of moth larvae feeding on different plant species in northern Fennoscandia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Ulrika Belsing; [2015]
    Keywords : winter moth; ecosystem analysis; physical geography; autumn moth; northern Fennoscandia; outbreaks and sub-arctic environment; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Northern Fennoscandia belongs to the sub-arctic environment and its forests are mostly composed of mountain birch trees (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii). READ MORE