Haemolymph Ecdysteroids and the prothoracic glands in the solitary and gregarious adults of Schistocerca gregaria

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 485-493

  Tawfik, Amer I ^a,b   Vedrová, Anna ^c   Li, Weiwei ^c   Sehnal, František ^c   Obeng Ofori, D ^a  

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

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ecdysteroids locusts; Phase dimorphism; Reproduction; Ventral glands

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; ECDYSTEROID; ECDYSTERONE; MAKISTERONE A; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ENDOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; VITELLOGENESIS;

SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0030806442     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(96)00116-3     Document Type: Article

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