Uric Acid as a Nitrogen Resource for the Brown Planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens: Studies with Synthetic Diets and Aposymbiotic Insects

Zoological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 581-586

  Hongoh, Yuichi ^a   Ishikawa, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; BLATTARIA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NILAPARVATA LUGENS;

EID: 0031504960     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.14.581     Document Type: Article

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