The Influence of Dietary Cadmium on Changes in the Midgut Mass Related to the Mass of Gypsy Moth Larvae
Milena Vlahovic*, Dragana Matic, Marija Mrdakovic, Larisa Ilijin, Anja Grcic, Aleksandra Filipovic, Jelica Lazarevic and Vesna Peric-Mataruga
Department of Insect Physiology and Biochemistry, Institute for Biological Research, “Sinisa Stankovic”, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Despot Stefan Blvd 142, Belgrade, Serbia.
Fig. 1.
Changes in PMM expressed as MV±SD (mean value, standard deviation) during different cadmium treatments. The groups were compared by LSD multiple range test followed by ANOVA. Different letters signify statistically different groups. Control cadmium is not added to food; Acute 10 (30) three-day treatment with 10 and 30 μg Cd/g dry food; Chronic 10 (30) cadmium treatment with 10 and 30 μg Cd/g dry food from hatching until sacrificing; Recovery 10 (30) three-day recovery after chronic treatments at 10 and 30 μg Cd/g dry food.
Fig. 2.
Norms-of reaction plots for PMM during different cadmium treatments (Control; Acute 10(30) three-day treatment with 10 and 30 μg Cd/g dry food; Chronic 10(30) cadmium treatment with 10 and 30 μg Cd/g dry food from hatching until sacrificing; Recovery 10(30) three-day recovery after chronic treatments at 10 and 30 μg Cd/g dry food. The response of a single egg mass is represented by one line.