2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Bio-diesel fuel production from termite biomass by applying a termite differentiation mechanism to mass production of termites
| Project/Area Number |
20580183
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Wood science
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| Research Institution | Kinki University |
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Principal Investigator |
ITAKURA Shuji Kinki University, 農学部, 教授 (60257988)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | シロアリ / 生殖虫 / 脂質 |
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| Research Abstract |
Termites express polyphenism, in that nymphs can differentiate into either the alate or the nymphoid form, which is one of the reproductive caste phenotypes (neotenics). The siRNA injection treatment used to silence hexamerin caused moderate suppression of hexamerin gene expression in the termite, Reticulitermes speratus. Promotion of nymph differentiation to nymphoid form occurred with the siRNA injection treatment. The number of oviposition and neotenics that developed from workers and nymphs fed the waste of Hypsizigus marmoreus was significantly higher than the control. An ester of arabinoxylobiose and 2-hydroxysinapic acid may be the key elements in mushroom waste that affect termite development and oviposition.
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