Feeding and activation of corpora allata in the cockroach Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera, Blattellidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-38

  Osorio, Sergio ^a   Piulachs, Maria Dolors ^a   Bellés, Xavier ^a  

^a DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allatostatin; Blattella germanica; Corpora allata; Feeding; Juvenile hormone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CORPUS ALLATUM; DECAPITATION; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; REARING;

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE; DICTYOPTERA; OOTHECA;

EID: 0031910968     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(97)00102-9     Document Type: Article

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