Einfluss von ATP in einer holidischen Diät auf Myzus persicae (Sulz.) ( Aphidina).

Larvae and adults of the aphid Myzus persicae (Sulz.), reared on a synthetic diet, gain higher weight if their diet contains ATP (1.11 μ M). The numbers of larvae born on diets with ATP are higher (20%) than on diets without ATP. The longer aphids were fed on the ATP-diet the more their weight increased compared with larvae on a diet without ATP. Generally ATP seems to balance the synthetic diet in whatever physiological way it may be. Since phloem sap contains a high level of ATP, it is suggested that ATP may also be of great importance under natural conditions on the host-plants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]