Ecdysteroids during ovarian development and embryogenesis in solitary and gregarious Schistocerca gregaria

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 134-143

  Tawfik, Amer I ^a,c   Vedrová, Anna ^b   Sehnal, František ^b,d  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0000611571     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1999)41:3<134::AID-ARCH4>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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