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Title: RESPIROMETRY DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION AND HISTOLOGICAL STUDIES ON SUGARBEET ROOT MAGGOT LARVAE IN LONG-TERM STORAGE

Author
item CHIRUMAMILLA, ANITHA - NDSU, DEPT ENTOMOLOGY
item Yocum, George
item BOETEL, MARK - NDSU, DEPT ENTOMOLOGY

Submitted to: Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/30/2006
Publication Date: 12/10/2006
Citation: Chirumamilla, A., Yocum, G.D., Boetel, M.A. 2006. Respirometry differential gene expression and histological studies on sugarbeet root maggot larvae in long-term storage [abstract]. Entomological Society of America. Paper No. D0150. p. 81.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Mature 3rd-instar sugarbeet root maggots, starting as diapausing larvae have a remarkable ability to survive more than 5 years in laboratory storage at 5-7 degrees Celsius. To test the hypothesis that this long term survival in storage is facilitated by larvae continuing in the state of diapause, comparative studies on respiration rates, gene expression analyses, and histological assessments were conducted by comparing field-collected diapausing larvae (November and December) and laboratory stored larvae that had been maintained in cold storage for 1, 2, 4, and 5 years. Laboratory stored larvae had similar rates of respiration as that of field-collected diapausing larvae when measured at 5 and 20 degrees Celsius. A 15-degree rise in temperature elevated the overall respiration in both diapausing as well as stored larvae with a higher increase in CO2 production levels, 8-44 times higher than at 5 degrees Celsius, when compared to a 6-10 fold increase in O2 consumption levels. Increasing temperatures caused a major shift in respiratory quotient values from 0.5 to approximately 1.0, in 5-year old larvae and diapausing larvae collected from the field in December with only minor changes in rest of the groups. A transcript for alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) was identified via differential display in diapausing and stored larvae. Adh is expressed in diapausing larvae but was absent in 1-, 2-, and 5-year old larvae in storage. Histological evaluations aimed at comparing the brain tissues of short- and long-term-stored larvae using Transmission Electron Microscopy are in progress and will be presented.