Applying fenoxycarb at the penultimate instar triggers an additional ecdysteroid surge and induces perfect extra larval molting in the silkworm

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-237

  Kamimura, Manabu ^a   Kiuchi, Makoto ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Ecdysteroid; Fenoxycarb; Juvenile hormone; Molt; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; ECDYSTEROID; ECDYSTERONE; FENOXYCARB;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYMPH; INCIDENCE; INSECT; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM; STARVATION;

EID: 0036409449     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00507-5     Document Type: Article

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