2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Physiological study of adaptation to ultraviolet radiation in spider mites
| Project/Area Number |
22380036
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Applied entomology
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TAKEDA Makio 神戸大学, 大学院・農学研究科, 教授 (20171647)
SUGAWARA Tatsuya 京都大学, 大学院・農学研究科, 准教授 (70378818)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
NAKAGAWA Yoshiaki 京都大学, 大学院・農学研究科, 准教授 (80155689)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 昆虫生理 / 光生物学 |
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| Research Abstract |
Mechanisms of UV -damage and photoreactivation, effects of carotenoids on UV tolerance, and the relationship between diapause induction and change in metabolism of carotenoids were studied in spider mites. As a result, the reciprocity between intensity and irradiation time in UV damage and function of photoreactivation were verified. With regard to the change of pigmentation in diapausing adult females, we found that reproductive diapause and pigmentation were separable phenomena. On the other hand, the effects of carotenoid composition on UV tolerance remained unclear.
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