Effects of juvenile hormone treatment on phase changes and pheromone production the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal) (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1177-1182

  Tawfik, Amer I ^a   Osir, Ellie O ^b   Hassanali, Ahmed ^b   Ismail, Sayed H ^a  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

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

Author keywords

Juvenile hormone III; Locust Schistocerca gregaria; Phase polymorphism; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

BENZYL CYANIDE DERIVATIVE; JUVENILE HORMONE; PHEROMONE; PIGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYMPH; HORMONAL THERAPY; LARVA; LOCUST; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0031279768     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(97)00079-6     Document Type: Article

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