Movement of spermatozoa in the reproductive tract of adult male Spodoptera litura: Daily rhythm of sperm descent and the effect of light regime on male reproduction

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 119-131

  Seth, R K ^a   Rao, D K ^a   Reynolds, S E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apyrene; Common cutworm; Daily rhythm; Eupyrene; Male reproduction; Spermatozoa; Spodoptera litura; Testes

Indexed keywords

PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

MALE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATING; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VAS DEFERENS;

HEXAPODA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 0036140145     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(01)00155-X     Document Type: Article

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