Indian Journal of Nematology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 1982
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 2

A method to employ tritium-labelled compounds in studies on host-parasite relations between Galleria mellonella and Neoaplectana carpocapsae

  • Author:
  • Premachandran Devidas, Berge Jean-Baptiste, Bonifassi Eliane, Laumond Christian
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 370 to 374

I.N.R.A., Station de Recherches sur les Nematodes, 06602 Antibes, France.

* Presently at: Waksman Institute of Microbiology, P.O. Box 759, Piscataway, 08854 New Jersey, U.S.A.

Abstract

A method to label Neooplectana carpocapsae by incorporating 3H-labelled compounds into the culture medium is reported. The labelled nematodes exuded radio-active compounds on incubation in the haemolymph of Galleria mellonella larvae. The method reveals vast potential for utilisation in studies on host-parasite relationships of nematods.