Finally, we recorded survival rate under starvation conditions with ad libitum access to water (Fig. 3A). As expected from the smaller decrese in their sugar content, tßhnM18 mutants survived longer than wild type controls (Wilcoxon rank sum test, p <0.05, Fig. 3B). Our experiments show that tßhnM18 mutants are less affected by starvation than wild type animals, suggesting a role for OA and/or TA in starvation resistance and sugar response.