Abstract
AbstractKK‐42 (1‐benzyl‐5‐[(E)‐2,6‐dimethyl‐1,5‐heptadienyl]imidazole), administered by feeding, delayed the growth and development of nondiapause‐bound and diapause‐bound Ostrinia nubilalis larvae and increased the length of the instar. At doses of 80–240 ppm, 62–100% of nondiapause‐bound fourth instars precociously pupated or remained as fourth instars, while 52–100% of diapause‐bound fourth instars did not molt to the fifth instar. Injection of these nondiapause‐ and diapause‐bound KK‐42‐fed fourth instars with ecdysone elicited a molt and resulted in the production of larval‐pupal intermediates. When mature fourth instar controls were similarly injected, they molted into normal fifth instars. These results support the view that KK‐42 delays/inhibits ecdysteroid production. Both eupyrene and apyrene spermiogenesis were prematurely initiated in nondiapause‐bound fourth instars that were fed on medium containing 160 ppm KK‐42. Fenoxycarb, a potent juvenile hormone mimic, rescued nondiapause‐bound fourth instars from precocious pupation. All fenoxycarbtreated larvae either molted to the fifth instar or remained as fourth instars and eventually died. These results support the view that treatment with KK‐42 inhibits JH production. When KK‐42 treatment was begun in the third instar, a considerable number of nondiapause‐bound and some diapause‐bound third instars precociously molted to the fifth instar. There was a correlation between weight and the incidence of precocious molting in that third instars destined to skip the fourth instar attained a weight, as pharate fifth instars, of two to three times more than pharate fourth instar controls. Similarly, fourth instars that were destined to undergo precocious pupation attained a weight, as pharate pupae, that was approximately two times more than pharate fifth instar controls. More potent analogues of KK‐42 may prove useful in controlling populations of 0. nubilalis by interfering with their growth, development, and metamorphosis. © 1995 Witey‐Liss, Inc.This article is a US Government work and, as such, is, in the public domain in the United States of America.
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