Distribution and metabolism of exogenous ecdysteroids in the egyptian cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis (lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 329-346

  Blackford, Michaela J P ^a   Clarke, Barry S ^b   Dinan, Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Sittingbourne Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecdysteroid metabolism; Egyptian cotton leafworm; Spodoptera littoralis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011437901     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1997)34:3<329::AID-ARCH7>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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