Surviving in a Frozen Forest: the Physiology of Eastern Spruce Budworm Overwintering

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 May 2021 English Publisher:American Physiological SocietyJournal:Physiology, volume 36, pages 174-182 (issn: 1548-9213, eissn: 1548-9221,

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Authors: Katie E. Marshall; Amanda D. Roe;

doi: 10.1152/physiol.00037.2020 , 10.14288/1.0397393

pmid: 33904790

Surviving in a Frozen Forest: the Physiology of Eastern Spruce Budworm Overwintering

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Abstract

The eastern spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana, is one of North America’s most destructive forest insects. It survives the harsh winters by deploying both a sophisticated diapause program and a complex suite of cryoprotective molecules. The spruce budworm’s cryoprotective biochemistry could revolutionize organ storage and transplants. Here we review the latest in C. fumiferana overwintering physiology and identify emerging theoretical and practical questions that are open for exploration.

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Insecta, Animals, Humans, Seasons, Forests, Moths

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