Juvenile hormone synthesis by corpora allata of tomato moth, Lacanobia oleracea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the effects of allatostatins and allatotropin in vitro

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-293

  Audsley, Neil ^a   Weaver, Robert J ^a   Edwards, John P ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allatostatin; Allatotropin; Brain content; Cotton leafworm; ELISA; Juvenile hormone; Lacanobia oleracea; Noctuidae; Spodoptera littoralis; Tomato moth

Indexed keywords

ALLATOSTATIN; ALLATOTROPIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORPUS ALLATUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; JUVENILE HORMONE; LACANOBIA OLERACEA; METHIONINE; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TOBACCO HORN WORM;

HORMONE;

ALABAMA ARGILLACEA; BLATTARIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LACANOBIA OLERACEA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MANDUCA SEXTA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 0033428362     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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