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Nickel accumulation and its effects on the survival rate of Spodoptera litura fabricius under continuous nickel stress

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The artificial diets mixed with various concentrations of nickel were offered to the larvae of the phytophagous insect Spodoptera litura Fabricius for 3 generations. Nickel accumulations in the 6th instar larvae, pupae and newly emerged adults of the corresponding generations of S. litura were investigated by inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometer (ICP-AES), and the effects of nickel accumulations on the survival rate of S. litura were also evaluated by individual rearing. The results showed that nickel accumulated in the 6th instar larvae, pupae and adults of S. litura, and the accumulated nickel in all the tested developmental stages within a generation increased with the increase of the nickel doses in the treated diets and showed significant dose-dependent relationship with the nickel doses in the artificial diets. The results also indicated that the nickel accumulations in the 6th instar larvae, pupae, and newly emerged adults from the 3rd generation were higher than those from the 2nd generation, which were also higher than those from the 1st generation. Nickel concentrations in pupae and adults were significantly lower than those in larvae, which indicated that the excessive nickel might be excreted during metamorphosis. Furthermore, larval survival rate, pupation rate and eclosion rate of S. litura in the tested three generations all decreased with the increase of the nickel doses in the treated diets.

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    Sun HongXia, Shu YingHua, Tang WenCheng, Wang Qi, Zhou Qiang & Zhang GuRen

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Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB 102001) and Basic Research Group Programs of Guangdong Province (Grant No. E039254)

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Sun, H., Shu, Y., Tang, W. et al. Nickel accumulation and its effects on the survival rate of Spodoptera litura fabricius under continuous nickel stress. Chin. Sci. Bull. 52, 1957–1963 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-007-0293-y

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