Spectrophotometric estimation of total Lipid of hosts along with propagating larval instars gut content of Callosobruchus chinensis Linn.

Pushpalata Hansdak*
Department of Zoology, Jaglal Chaudhary College, Jai Prakash University, Chapra, Bihar, India.
Received : 02^nd December, 2022 ; Revised : 03^rd January, 2023

Abstract– The estimation of total amount of Lipid of uninfected and infected hosts and larval instars gut content of Callosobruchus chinensis Linn. propagating on legumes like stored grains Gram (Cicer arietinum) and Moong (Vigna radiata). Callosobruchus chinensis Linn. (Coleoptera : Bruchidae) is a major stored grain pest of pulses of India. The pattern of variation in the different larval instars (I-IV) growing on these two hosts provide a unique gradual depletion of the total lipid content of the instar wise infected host as well as the larval gut content lipids.

Key words: Spectrophotometry, Callosobruchus chinensis, Lipid, Moong, Gram, Larval instars

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