Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Great Lakes Forestry Center, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Physiology (Bethesda). 2021 May 1;36(3):174-182. doi: 10.1152/physiol.00037.2020.
The eastern spruce budworm, , 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 overwintering physiology and identify emerging theoretical and practical questions that are open for exploration.
东方云杉芽小卷蛾，是北美洲最具破坏性的森林昆虫之一。它通过部署复杂的休眠计划和一系列复杂的抗冻蛋白来度过严酷的冬天。云杉芽小卷蛾的抗冻生物化学可能会彻底改变器官储存和移植。在这里，我们回顾了越冬生理学的最新进展，并确定了一些正在探索的新兴理论和实际问题。
