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sugar, starch and soluble carbohydrate percentage investigated.Among the polyamines, putrescine
in the well-watered plants, but mineral content was accumulated first, reached the peak level at about 4
higher in the water-stressed plants. hour after both liver injury and partial
hepatectomy, which then decreased gradually from
570 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES the peak level as the time progresses. However, the
increase in putrescine level after liver injury was
081 AHMED, K.N.; PRAMANIK, S.H.A.; not as dramatic as that of partial hepatectony.
NARGIS, A. & KHATUN, M. (BCSIR Spermidine began to increase slightly later than
putrescine. Unlike putrescine and sprmidine, the
Laboratories, Rajshahi). INTERSPECIFIC concentration of spermine showed small changes
COMPETITION BETWEEN ANISOPTEROMALUS
CALANDRAE (HOWARD) (PTEROMALIDAE) AND during the initial stage of liver regeneration and
DINARMUS BASALIS (ROND.) (PTEROMALIDAE) finally, it increased in both the cases significantly.
ON CALLOSOBRUCHUS CHINENSIS (L.) J. Bio-Sci, The serum levels of liver-specific enzymes, alanine
2006, 14, 103-106. aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and
gama-glutamyl transferase increased significantly
The effects of interspecific competition between after both liver injury and partial hepatectomy.
parasitoids Anisopteromalus calandrae (Howard) Serum total protein and albumin levels, unlike
and Dinarmus basalis (Rond.) for their host, serum enzymes, initially decreased and afterward
Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) have been started to increase in a similar pattern in both the
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conducted at a constant temperature of 30±1 C and cases of liver damage. Serum Albumin/Globulin
75±5% r.h. A number of 40, 80, 120, 160 and 200 ratio indicated that protein synthesis is affected
4th instar larval host containing seeds of C. more by partial hepatectomy than by liver injury;
chinensis were confined to 24,48,72,96 and 120 and the synthesis of protein by injured liver,
hours egg laying of both the parasitoids although reduced immediately in both groups,
respectively.Total number of progeny produced by resumes after a short period of time. These results
the two parasitoids were 16.9 ± 2.76, 20.7 ± 5.69, suggest that each polyamine has individual pattern
31.1± 7.47, 38.6 ± 5.87 and 56.7 ± 9.86 at 24, 48, of synthesis and accumulation during tissue
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72, 96 and 120 hours duration respectively.The regeneration; and this regeneration i s accompanied by
parasitoid, D. basalis showed higher parasitism significant changes in some biochemical markers
than A. calandrae in competition of host choice in of liver function.
all the egg laying periods observed. The individual
highest parasitism of D. basalis was 50.0, 33.75, 083 ISLAM, N.; ISLAM, W. & MONDAL,
36.66, 30.0 and 32.0 and that of A. calandrae was K.A.M.S.H. (Institute of Biological Sciences,
25.0, 15.0, 18.33, 16.25 and 21.0 % respectively in Rajshahi University, Rajshahi). FUNCTIONAL
24,48, 72, 96 and 120 hours duration respectively. RESPONSE OF DINARMUS BASALIS (ROND.)
(HYMENOPTERA: PTEROMALIDAE) PARASITIZING
082 ALAM, M. S.; HASSAN, M.S. (Dept. of CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS (F.). J. Bio-Sci.,
Immunology, BIRDEM, Dhaka); SHAHJALAL, 2006, 14, 11-16.
M.; HOSSAIN, M.S. (Dept. of Biochemmistry The functional response of the parasitoid Dinarmus
and Molecular Biology, Jahangirnagar, University, basalis (Rond.) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is
Savar, Dhaka) & MAHMUD, I. (Dept. of deteimined to evaluate its potential as a biological
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dhaka control agent. Four female wasps in the presence
University, Dhaka). The early pattern of the of males parasitoids, were allowed to oviposit
synthesis and accumulation of polyamines in during iheir life span or hosts at different densities.
rapidly regenerating rat liver. Bang. J. Life Sci., The data were fit by Rogers' (1972) parasitoid
2007, 19 (2), 25-32. model. The rate of parasitoid search was a'= 0.123
±0,005 life span , and handling time T h = 0.056 ±
-1
The pattern of polyamine levels in rapidly 0.002 life span . Volume of grain had no
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regenerating liver tissues, caused either by liver significant (P>0.001) effect on number of
injury or by partial hepatectomy, has been parasitoids emerging.
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