Precocious Induction of Metamorphosis in Spodoptera littoralis (Noctuidae) by the Parasitic Wasp Chelonus inanitus (Braconidae): Identification of the Parasitoid Larva as the Key Regulatory Element and the Host Corpora Allata as the Main Targets

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 511-525

  Pfister Wilhelm, Rita ^a   Lanzrein, Beatrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corpora allata; Host regulation; Juvenile hormone; Parasitoid; Precocious metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; CHELONUS; CHELONUS INANITUS; INSECTA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0000133210     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1996)32:3/4<511::aid-arch23>3.0.co;2-e     Document Type: Article

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