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Agriculture · Q229

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 229

Q229

Vitellogenesis is regulated by which hormone?

A.
JH
Answer
B.
MH
C.
Brain hormone
D.
Bursicone

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Vitellogenesis is regulated by JH hormone.
Insect vitellogenesis is governed by two critical hormones, the sesquiterpenoid juvenile hormone (JH) and the ecdysteriod 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E).
JH acts as the principal gonadotropic hormone to stimulate vitellogenesis in basal hemimetabolous and most holometabolous insects. Juvenile hormones are secreted by a pair of endocrine glands behind the brain called the corpora allata. JHs are also important for the production of eggs in female insects.