Thin layer chromatographic analysis of pteridine-like pigments in the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Orthoptera: Oedipodidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-23

  Němec, Václav ^a   Breuer, Michael ^b   De Loof, Arnold ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cuticle; Insect endocrinology; Juvenile hormone; Methoprene; Neem; Phase transition; Precocene; Pterines

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOCUST; PIGMENT;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; INSECTA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA MIGRATORIOIDES; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0037647599     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.003     Document Type: Article

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