Table 2. Reports using various techniques (microscopy, antibodies or molecular probes, liquid chromatography (LC) and mass spectrometry (MS)) showing the nerve going to the crop and in some cases its content.
Technique used | Species | References |
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A. Microscopy (light, TEM, SEM) | ||
Light microscopy/dissection | mosquito | [86] |
Calliphora erythrocephala | [87] | |
Glossina morsitans | [88] | |
Glossina brevipalpis | [89] | |
SEM and TEM | Phormia regina | [11] |
B. Immunostaining | ||
Insulin-like peptide | Drosophila melanogaster | [90] |
Aedes aegypti | [91] | |
Serotonin | Stomoxys calcitrans | [92] |
Anti-AKH antibody | D. melanogaster | [68] |
C. Molecular, LC + MS | ||
Ilp2-Gal4 | D. melanogaster | [93] |
Diuretic hormone 44 (Dh44), | D. melanogaster | [94] |
Myosuppressin | Drosophila suzukii | [70] |