The Cold-hardiness of different geographical populations of the Migratory Locust, Locusta migratoria L. (Orthoptera, Acrididae)
The Cold-hardiness of different geographical populations of the Migratory Locust, Locusta migratoria L. (Orthoptera, Acrididae)
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飞蝗不同地理种群的抗寒性(直翅目、蝗科)
作者:
Bingxiang Li;Yonglin Chen;Huiluo Cai
The supercooling point(SCP) increases with development in the three geographical populations. The SCPs in the I, II and III embryo stages of the three populations are about -28℃, -20℃ and -9℃ respectively. The SCP of the adults from the Heshuo population is lower than that in the adults from the Beidagang population. Low temperature acclimation leads the glycogen breakdown to synthesize cryoprotectants in all embryo stages, and the highest synthesis occurred in the stage II embryo. Glycerol and sorbitol are the dominant cryoprotectants in the embryo of the Heshuo population, but trehalose is the principal one in the embryo of the Hami population, in the same time all the three kinds were found in eggs of the Hami population. For the decreasing content of glycogen with the embryo development, the low glycogen level in the late embryo stage becomes the limitation to the cryoprotectants synthesis. The whole content of the GPase that reduces with the embryo development keeps stable in the stress. Cold shock(2 hours) leads the GPase to ‘a' increase of about 10%~40%. Heat shock shaped the activity increase is similar to the cold shock craved in the eggs from the Beidagang and the Hami populations. Only in the Ⅲ embryo stages of the Heshuo population, heat shock reasons more significant variation of the GPase ‘a'.