Effects of JH and ecdysone on endogenous ice nucleus production in larvae of the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-121

  Tsumuki, Hisaaki ^a   Hirai, Makoto ^a,b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone; Chilo suppressalis; Crystallization temperature; Ice nucleus production; Juvenile hormone

Indexed keywords

CHILO SUPPRESSALIS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0033074562     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.34.119     Document Type: Article

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