Effect of 1-(4-phenoxyphenoxypropyl)imidazole (KS-175) on larval growth in the silkworm Bombyx mori

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1049-1055

  Shiotsuki, Takahiro ^a   Yukuhiro, Fumiko ^a   Kiuchi, Makoto ^a   Kuwano, Eiichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Ecdysteroids; Insect growth regulator (IGR); KS 175; Prothoracic gland

Indexed keywords

1 (4 PHENOXYPHENOXYPROPYL)IMIDAZOLE; 1 BENZYL 5 (2,6 DIMETHYL 1,5 HEPTADIENYL)IMIDAZOLE; ECDYSTEROID; ECDYSTERONE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; SILKWORM; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032857220     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00088-8     Document Type: Article

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