Biochemical studies on the effect of metarhizium anisopliae var acridum infection in the desert locust, schistocerca gregaria forskal [electronic resource].

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Fifth instar nymphs of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria Forskal were topically treated with 5~1 of an oil-based spore suspension of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae var acridum. Haemolymph samples were colleded from both control and treated inseds every 24 hours starting from day 2 after the treatment. Estimation of total protein, total carbohydrate, total lipids and cholesterol were carried out. The results showed that the haemolymph content of the treated insects was highly affeded and all the studied parameters were lower than in the control inseds the decrease in the haemolymph content increased by increasing the postinoculation period.

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