Mode of action of the venom of the ectoparasitic wasp, Euplectrus comstockii, in causing developmental arrest in the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis

Invertebrate Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 231-238

  Gelman, Dale B ^a   Kelly, Thomas J ^c   Coudron, Thomas A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Apolysis; Ecdysis; Ecdysteroid; Host; Molt inhibition; Parasite

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; ECDYSTERONE; WASP VENOM;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RATE; HEMOLYMPH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE RELEASE; HOST; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0031389763     PISSN: 13542516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02480379     Document Type: Conference Paper

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