Faculty
Biology
Supervisor Name
Keith A. Hobson
Keywords
True armyworm, lipid, sucrose, glucose, Stable Isoptopes
Description
Enriching the isotopic composition of diet is a tool that is used very readily to determine different patterns of nutrient sourcing and availability. This isotopic enrichment can be done on some sugars. In the wild, many lepidoptera feed on nectar primarily comprised of sucrose, yet isotopically enriched glucose is more widely available due to ease of enrichment and associated price. This experiment tests if true armyworm (Mythimna unipuncta) gain mass similarly when raised on diets with varying sucrose and glucose concentrations.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Dr. Keith Hobson, Dr. Jeremy McNeil and his lab, Libesha Anparasan, the Western USRI program, and the faculty of Biology for their support.
Creative Commons License
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Document Type
Poster
Lipid Gain in Mythimna unipuncta Moths Raised on Sucrose and Glucose Based Comparative Diets
Enriching the isotopic composition of diet is a tool that is used very readily to determine different patterns of nutrient sourcing and availability. This isotopic enrichment can be done on some sugars. In the wild, many lepidoptera feed on nectar primarily comprised of sucrose, yet isotopically enriched glucose is more widely available due to ease of enrichment and associated price. This experiment tests if true armyworm (Mythimna unipuncta) gain mass similarly when raised on diets with varying sucrose and glucose concentrations.