The carotenoids of a black variety of the larva of the moth, Manduca sexta |
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Authors: | Rosemary Mummery Guy Valadon Miriam Rothschild |
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Institution: | Department of Botany, Royal Holloway College, Huntersdale, Callow Hill, Virginia Water, Surrey UK;Ashton, Peterborough UK |
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Abstract: | The black mutant larva of Manduca sexta contains approximately the same quantity of carotenoids as the normal green type, but there is possibly a slight qualitative difference between them, the former storing more β-carotene and less violaxanthin. |
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