Schistocerca gregaria
Local movements evoked by chemical stimulation of the hind leg in the locust Schistocerca gregaria
... locusts, Schistocerca gregaria, to solutions of four behaviourally relevant chemicals (sodium chloride, sucrose, nicotine hydrogen tartrate and lysine glutamate) applied as droplets to the hind tarsus were ...
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THE MODULATORY EFFECT OF SCHISTOFLRFamide ON HEART AND SKELETAL MUSCLE IN THE LOCUST SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA
... SchistoFLRFamide (PDVDHVFLRFamide) is one of the endogenous FMRFamide- like neuropeptides found in the nervous system of the locust Schistocerca gregaria (Robb et al. 1989; Robb and Evans, 1990). ...
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Acetylcholinesterase Activity in the Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria (Acrididae) (Forsk.) as a Response to the Action of the Wild Herb Fagonia bruguieri DC. (Zygophyllaceae) Extracts
... Along the late decades allover the world, so many plant species have been tested for their insecticidal activities or antifeedant, growth retarding, morphogenic impairing and reproductive disturbing effects on various ...
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Semi-field evaluation of the effects of sub-lethal doses of pesticides, with and without adult Schistocerca gregaria pheromone, on hoppers
... Two distinct releaser pheromones have been shown to mediate the cohesive (aggregation) behaviours of gregari- ous-phase adult and nymphal desert locusts, Schistocerca gregaria (Forsk al) (Orthoptera: ...
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Characterization of genome methylation patterns in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria
... of Schistocerca gregaria genomic DNA suggested robust levels of DNA methylation in the locust genome (Boerjan et ...S. gregaria to characterize the methylation patterns of neural tissues from adult ...
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Synaptic activation of efferent neuromodulatory neurones in the locust Schistocerca gregaria
... Mature adult locusts, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål), of either sex were taken from our crowded laboratory culture. Two types of preparation were used. First, an ‘intact’ preparation in which the locust ...
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Short Communication: Haemolymph Buffering in the Locust Schistocerca Gregaria
... Estimated components of buffering in the haemolymph of quiescent Schistocerca gregaria at 21°C, pH7.31 and constant mequivl"1 pHunit" 1 Bicarbonate Protein Inorganic phosphate Organic p[r] ...
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The vibrational startle response of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria
... (Schistocerca gregaria Forskål) were taken from our crowded laboratory colony and placed on a platform (12 cm in diameter) mounted on an electrodynamic vibrator (V101, Ling Dynamic ...
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The hind wing of the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria Forskal) I Functional morphology and mode of operation
... tethered Schistocerca gregaria, measured lift values that were substantially higher than those of Jensen, but confirmed that the hind wings provide by far the greater part of the total aerodynamic force, ...
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Associative olfactory learning in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria
... Locusts can learn associations between olfactory stimuli and food rewards, and use the acquired memories to choose between foods according to their nutrient requirements. They are a model system for both the study of ...
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Molecular Sieving of Hydrophilic Molecules by the Rectal Intima of the Desert Locust (Schistocerca Gregaria)
... MOLECULAR SIEVING OF HYDROPHILIC MOLECULES BY THE RECTAL INTIMA OF THE DESERT LOCUST SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA* BY J.. DOCKRILL Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouv[r] ...
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Localization and Characterization of Water Uptake from the Midgut of the Locust, Schistocerca Gregaria
... In further experiments, the transmembrane sodium, potassium and water fluxes across single anterior caeca were measured with normal bathing solution, and bathing solution poisoned with 1[r] ...
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Observations on the Normal Histology and Histochemistry of the Fat Body of the Locust (Schistocerca Gregaria)
... Small mitochondria-like structures as judged by their staining reactions to Janus Green B and acid-fuchsin-methyl green have been observed in the cytoplasm of the fat cells, the oenocyte[r] ...
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The Absorption of Glucose from the Alimentary Canal of the Locust Schistocerca Gregaria (Forsk )
... From these observations it is suggested that glucose is absorbed by diffusion across the gut wall and that the process is facilitated by the rapid conversion of glucose to trehalose in t[r] ...
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The Structure and Function of the Prothoracic Spine of the Desert Locust, Schistocerca Gregaria ForskÅl
... Types of activity recorded in second prothoracic nerve and in anterior commissure after various types of stimulation of sternal sensilla Recordings from commissure made after complete de[r] ...
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Studies of the Innervation and Electrical Activity of Flight Muscles in the Locust, Schistocerca Gregaria
... Usherwood 1962 studied the innervation and electrical activity of some of these muscles and found that most of the 'twitch' muscles were exclusively innervated by ' fast' motoneurones, w[r] ...
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Possible involvement of monoamines in the release of adipokinetic hormone in the locust Schistocerca gregaria
... The above possibility has been studied pharmacologically, a by using drugs which are known to deplete monoamines from their storage sites, b by testing the effects of drugs which block d[r] ...
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ONTOGENETIC SCALING OF JUMP PERFORMANCE IN THE AFRICAN DESERT LOCUST (SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA)
... Previous work of other investigators has provided some of this information, but the literature contains conflicting information about the relationship between force production and body size in jumping locusts. ...
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Mechanosensory induced behavioural gregarization in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria
... The five goals of the study were: 1 to determine how much of the surface of a hind femur needs to be mechanically stimulated in order to elicit behavioural gregarization; 2 to establish [r] ...
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The Absorption and Metabolism of Some Sugars in the Locust, Schistocerca Gregaria (Forsk )
... It seemed possible that the apparent reduction in the percentage absorption of labelled glucose in the caeca at low concentrations, when the specific activity of the haemolymph equalled [r] ...
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