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Partial characterization of digestive enzymes in the larvae of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda..

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Last updated: 07 Jan 2025

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Plant Production.

Abstract

The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda is one of the most destructive pests of corn in Egypt and over all the world. FAW has a wide range of host due to the variation in its digestive enzymes. In the current study, the digestive enzymes including trypsin, chymotrypsin, papain and alpha-amylase were partially characterized in the different larval stages of the fall armyworm (FAW). Serine proteases were found to have higher activity compared to cysteine and alpha-amylase enzymes. The first and fourth instar larvae found have elevated enzymes activity compared to other larval stages.  FAW digestive enzymes show stability at wide range of temperatures and pHs. Kinetic studies revealed that chymotrypsin enzyme exhibited highest Vmax value followed by trypsin, alpha-amylase and papain enzymes. On the other hand, papain enzyme showed higher affinity with its substrate followed by chymotrypsin, trypsin and alpha-amylase showed low substrate affinity. The results of the current study provide essential knowledge about the composition, feature and activity of digestive enzymes of FAW that can be used to design effective management program based on distribution of digestive enzymes.

DOI

10.21608/jsasj.2024.402917

Keywords

Spodoptera frugiperda, Trypsin, Chymotrypsin, Papain, α-amylase, Kinetic studies

Authors

First Name

Hemmat

Last Name

Maallawy

MiddleName

E.

Affiliation

Plant Protection Department Faculty of Agriculture Sohag University sohag Egypt

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Salman

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Mahmoud Aly

Affiliation

Plant Protection Department Faculty of Agriculture Sohag University sohag Egypt

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ahmed.salman@agr.sohag.edu.eg

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First Name

Ashraf

Last Name

Abd El-Latif

MiddleName

Oukasha

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Plant Protection Department Faculty of Agriculture Sohag University sohag Egypt

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Volume

9

Article Issue

2

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50401

Issue Date

2024-12-01

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2025-01-05

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2024-12-01

Page Start

191

Page End

199

Print ISSN

2357-0725

Online ISSN

2735-5578

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402,917

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Research and Review Papers

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1,734

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Journal

Publication Title

Journal of Sohag Agriscience (JSAS)

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https://jsasj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Partial characterization of digestive enzymes in the larvae of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda..

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07 Jan 2025