Blatta germanica

Pieces of the abdominal integument (cuticle and attached tissues) from seven-day-old female cockroaches Blatta germanica were incubated with sodium [l- Cjpropionate (0.13 pCi) and after eight hours the hydrocarbons were extracted, and found to give 60 x 10 cpm due to incorporation of propionic acid into the methyl-branched hydrocarbons. What is the specific incorporation into hydrocarbons ... 

Insects 109 110 entire insect—Acyrthosiphum pisurn 163, Megoura vicia 118, Pieris brassicae 60, Diataraxia oleracea 524, Tribolium castaneum 3560, Phaedon cochleariae 2820, Dysdercus fasciatus 3920, Blatta orientalis 280, B. germanica 1180, Musca do-mestica 1100. Crop fluid of Locusta migratoria 112,500. 

Our principal target was the German cockroach, (Blattella germanica) as the most widespread domestic cockroach in the USA, but a limited number of confirmatory studies were done on the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) and the oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis). 

Cockroaches - Blattella germanica, Periplanetta americana, Blatta orientalis... 

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