Journal Article

A comparison of the amino acid profiles of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, and the social aphid species, Pemphigus spyrothecae (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Pike, N.,University of Oxford (United Kingdom). Dept. of Zoology

2010

Overview

The relative proportions of free amino acids as well as the amino acid compositions of hydrolysed unprecipitated peptides and hydrolysed whole carcasses were quantified for two aphid species: the gall-dwelling social aphid Pemphigus spyrothecae and the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. The whole-tissue amino acid profiles of the two taxonomically distant species had a surprisingly high level of correspondence. In contrast, when comparing the A. pisum profiles obtained in the current study to those obtained in an earlier study, major differences were identified. It is concluded that there are good prospects for developing an artificial diet for P. spyrothecae. There may also exist considerable scope for tailoring the existing diets of A. pisum to suit specialised populations which develop poorly on the standard diet. The amino acid profile of P. spyrothecae is the first such profile that has been reported for a gall-forming aphid.

• Publisher: Institute of Entomology,Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science
• Subject: ACIDE AMINE LIBRE / ACIDE ASPARTIQUE / ACIDE GLUTAMIQUE / ACIDO ASPARTICO / ACIDO GLUTAMICO / ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM / ALANINA / ALANINE / Amino acid composition / amino acid profile / Amino acids / AMINOACIDOS LIBRES / Aphididae / ARGININA / ARGININE / artificial diet / Artificial diets / ASPARAGINA / ASPARAGINE / ASPARTIC ACID / Carcasses / CHEMICAL COMPOSITION / COMPOSICION QUIMICA / COMPOSITION CHIMIQUE / Diet / Diets / FENILALANINA / FREE AMINO ACIDS / GLICINA / GLUTAMIC ACID / GLUTAMINA / GLUTAMINE / GLYCINE (ACIDE AMINE) / GLYCINE (AMINO ACID) / Hemiptera / HIDROLISIS / high performance liquid chromatography / HISTIDINA / HISTIDINE / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_16196 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1794 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_239 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_24275 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_24591 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_24940 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3291 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3292 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3299 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3630 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3966 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_4292 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_4487 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_4787 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5691 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5777 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_606 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6223 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_668 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_671 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6982 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7737 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7990 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_8036 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_8147 / http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_8554 / HYDROLYSE / HYDROLYSIS / ISOLEUCINA / ISOLEUCINE / LEUCINA / LEUCINE / LISINA / LYSINE / METHIONINE / METIONINA / Pemphigus / PEMPHIGUS (HEMIPTERA) / pemphigus spyrothecae / PEPTIDE / PEPTIDES / PEPTIDOS / PESTS OF PLANTS / PHENYLALANINE / Pisum / PLAGAS DE PLANTAS / plant gall / PROLINA / PROLINE / RAVAGEUR DES PLANTES / SERINA / SERINE / soldier aphid / Studies / THREONINE / TIROSINA / TREONINA / TRIPTOFANO / TRYPTOPHAN / TRYPTOPHANE / TYROSINE / VALINA / VALINE