Ecdysone agonist halofenozide affects corpora allata and reproductive physiology of the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 677-683

  Raina, Ashok K ^a   Park, Yong Ihl ^a   Hruska, Zuzana ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpora allata; Ecdysteroid agonist; Formosan subterranean termite; Halofenozide; RH 0345

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY; TERMITE;

ANIMALIA; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0037702521     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(03)00069-6     Document Type: Article

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