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Journal of Experimental Biology 40,763-773 (1963)
Published by Company of Biologists 1963

Studies on Crop Function in the Cockroach (Periplaneta Americana L.) : I. The Mechanism of Crop-Emptying

K. G. DAVEY ¹ and J. E. TREHERNE ²

¹ Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge; Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Macdonald College, P.Q., Canada
² Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge

1. The structure and mode of action of the proventriculus are described.

2. X-ray photographs have shown that as the crop empties the decrease in volume of the fluid is partially compensated for by the swallowing of air.

3. The effects of various factors upon the rate of crop-emptying have been studied using solutions of different osmotic pressures. Changes in viscosity, effected by the addition of methyl cellulose, produce only a minor reduction in crop-emptying. The frequency of opening of the proventricular valve is not proportional to the rate of crop-emptying over the whole range of concentrations used, and it is assumed that changes in other parameters must affect the process.

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A.R.C. Unit of Insect Physiology.