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Agriculture · Q498

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 498

Q498

Father of insect physiology is

A.
H. M. Lefroy
B.
Ronald Ross
C.
Wigglesworth
Answer
D.
Snodgrass

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Father of insect physiology is Wigglesworth.
Sir Vincent Brian Wigglesworth was a British entomologist who made significant contributions to the field of insect physiology.
Wigglesworth was able to distort the developmental phases of the insect by controlling levels of this hormone.
The bacterium Wigglesworthia glossinidia, which lives in the gut of the tsetse fly, is named for him.