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Expression of active trypsin like serine peptidases in the midgut of sugar feeding female Anopheles aquasalis
... of sugar-fed ...that sugar- feeding ...on sugar are contro- versial issues, our results contribute to clarifying such subjects as we characterized the active peptidases profile and identified ...
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Field assessment of potential sugar feeding stations for disseminating bacteria in a paratransgenic approach to control malaria
... shared feeding site ...during sugar feeding on plant nectar, such as ...through sugar meals [14, 18, 19] offering a potential tool for their introduction in the ...using sugar ...
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Effect of discriminative plant sugar feeding on the survival and fecundity of Anopheles gambiae
... of sugar meals on mosquito survivorship and repro- ductive success in the presence versus the absence of pre- ferred sugar ...high sugar content may confer correspond- ingly high survival reward and ...
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Development of Leishmania mexicana in Lutzomyia longipalpis in the absence of sugar feeding
... Recently emerged 0-3 h females were collected and maintained with water for 3 days before feeding with an infected blood meal.. After feeding, insects were maintained with sucrose 1.2 M [r] ...
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Effects of bed net use, female size, and plant abundance on the first meal choice (blood vs sugar) of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae
... that sugar is rarely or never taken by ...to sugar feed in order to increase their ten- eral ...that sugar feeding is a common feature in the lives of both sexes of this species [10,26,27] and ...
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Effects of fungal infection on feeding and survival of Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) on plant sugars
... plant feeding, therefore, both males and females are likely to become ...toxic sugar baits (ATSB) for the control of mosquitoes has been demonstrated ...a sugar solution as feeding stimulant ...
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Malpighian tubules are important determinants of Pseudomonas transstadial transmission and longtime persistence in Anopheles stephensi
... mosquitoes from the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Peninsula than in Africa, and also more abundant in An. stephensi than in other species. Whether this is a general fact and whether this is dependent on mosquito ...
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Comparative expression profile of microRNAs in Anopheles anthropophagus midgut after blood feeding and Plasmodium infection
... Blood-feeding is a critical physiological activity for the mosquito and its ability to transmit disease [25]. Female mosquitoes take blood meals to carry out egg production, and acquire pathogens such as malaria ...
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Indoor use of attractive toxic sugar bait (ATSB) to effectively control malaria vectors in Mali, West Africa
... All mosquitoes collected were sexed. Pre-treatment and post-treatment collections in both villages were visu- ally inspected with a dissection microscope for the pres- ence of food dye to determine if the mosquitoes had ...
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Everybody loves sugar: first report of plant feeding in triatomines
... occasional feeding on ...blood feeding Simulium venustum and had a positive effect on engorgement leading to higher volume of blood con- sumed in haematophagous bugs and this led to a positive effect on ...
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Behavioural response of female Culex pipiens pallens to common host plant volatiles and synthetic blends
... [13–16], but little is known about the olfactory basis of floral preference of mosquitoes among their nectar host plants. The present study exploited the attractiveness of synthetic floral volatile compounds to Cx. ...
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An acquired distaste: sugar discrimination by the larval parasitoid Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is affected by prior sugar exposure
... to sugar sources, such as nectar and honeydew (Takasu and Lewis, 1993; Takasu and Lewis, 1996; Stapel et ...previous sugar feeding studies (Wäckers et ...innate feeding responses of food-naïve ...
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Use of carbon 13 as a population marker for Anopheles arabiensis in a sterile insect technique (SIT) context
... using sugar-feeding devices suspended in the cage containing 20 ml of unla- beled 10% w/v sugar ...The feeding devices and cages were tested in pilot experiments and found to be suitable for ...
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Enhanced lipid production by Rhodosporidium toruloides using different fed-batch feeding strategies with lignocellulosic hydrolysate as the sole carbon source
... Cell growth was estimated by measuring OD at 600 nm. A sample of 10-mL culture broth was transferred to a preweighed centrifuge tube and centrifuged at 5000 rpm for 20 min. After rinsing the pellet once with deionized ...
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USE OF ESSENTIAL OILS IN BEES
... of methods. In exchange for conventional chemical drugs, alternatives with natural products should be favored because they do not have harmful effects on individuals in the bee family. The results show that these ...
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Studies on the beneficial effects of dietary fiber on experimentally induced diabetic rats with particular emphasis on glomerular filtration matrix
... by feeding spent turmeric (TFD). Total sugar, uronic acid and amino sugar contents decreased during diabetes and spent turmeric feeding prevented the decreased ...the feeding of spent ...
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India's trade linkage with South Africa: Prospects and future potential
... According to Adam Smith, each nation should look for absolute advantage. However, what can nations do when they do not possess Absolute advantage? Thus the final call is death for absolute advantage. Despite the ...
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Economic Modelling and Forecasting of Sugar Production and Consumption in Egypt
... of sugar crops per Feddan in Egypt are summarized in Table ...to sugar factories was to come from only about ...for sugar cane about ...related sugar industries. Therefore, sugar cane ...
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Differential hepatotoxicity of dietary and DNL-derived palmitate in the methionine-choline-deficient model of steatohepatitis
... unidentified mechanism [8]. SFA accumulation in the livers of MCD-fed mice and the accompanying liver injury can be modulated by altering the carbohydrate composition of the MCD formula. Our laboratory has shown that ...
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Socio economic effects on colony size in the bumble bee Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae): a thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Zoology at Massey University
... 2.1 EXPERIMENT 1 THE EFFECT OF FEEDING SUPPLEMENTARY SUGAR SOLUTION ON FREE FORAGING BUMBLE BEE COLONIES.. Many authors have suggested that bumble bee colony size in the field is limited[r] ...
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