Table 1 Laccase activities in B. tabaci flies fed a sucrose diet.

From: Secretory laccase 1 in Bemisia tabaci MED is involved in whitefly-plant interaction

Substrate (2 mM)

Absorbance at 420 nm

 

After feeding

Unfed control

ABTS, pH 5

0.0447 ± 0.0004

0.0427 ± 0.0002

p = 0.0012

  1. Two hundred B. tabaci adults were exposed to 200 μL of a 10% sucrose solution for 24 h, and subsequently, 50 μL of the recycled feeding liquid was analysed in a microplate reader at 28 °C for 5 min. Mean ± SEM, n = 3.
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