Haemolymph Ecdysteroids in the Solitary and Gregarious Larvae of Schistocerca gregaria

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 427-438

  Tawfik, Amer I ^a,c   Mat'hová, Anna ^b   Sehnal, František ^b   Ismail, Sayed H ^c  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; Ecdysone; Insect hormones; Locust; Makisterone A; Molting; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0001581688     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1996)31:4<427::AID-ARCH5>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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