TY - JOUR
T1 - Control of crop emptying in the blowfly
AU - Gelperin, Alan
N1 - Funding Information:
* This work was supported by National Science Foundation States Public Health Service Training Grant 5 Tl GM 281.
PY - 1966/3
Y1 - 1966/3
N2 - The control of crop emptying in the blowfly, Phormia regina, was investigated by the technique of X-ray photography. Increasing the osmotic pressure of the solution in the crop slows crop emptying. This effect is independent of the nutritive value, stimulating power, and viscosity of the solution. Increasing the osmotic pressure of the blood also greatly slows crop emptying. Blood osmotic pressure is the controlling factor. The effect of increased blood osmotic pressure in slowing crop emptying is independent of nervous or endocrine elements.
AB - The control of crop emptying in the blowfly, Phormia regina, was investigated by the technique of X-ray photography. Increasing the osmotic pressure of the solution in the crop slows crop emptying. This effect is independent of the nutritive value, stimulating power, and viscosity of the solution. Increasing the osmotic pressure of the blood also greatly slows crop emptying. Blood osmotic pressure is the controlling factor. The effect of increased blood osmotic pressure in slowing crop emptying is independent of nervous or endocrine elements.
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U2 - 10.1016/0022-1910(66)90148-X
DO - 10.1016/0022-1910(66)90148-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001137687
VL - 12
SP - 331
EP - 345
JO - Journal of Insect Physiology
JF - Journal of Insect Physiology
SN - 0022-1910
IS - 3
ER -