A review on the effect of insect hormone analogues on growth, development, silk yield and metabolic activities of silkworm, Bombyx mori, L.

Journal of Advanced Zoology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 56-69

  Bharathi, D ^a   Miao, Y ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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