Egg laying suppression in Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and Dacus (Bactrocera) oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae) by phloroglucinol, a peroxidase inhibitor

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 369-375

  Keramaris, K E ^a   Margaritis, L H ^a   Zografou, E N ^b   Tsiropoulos, G J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c DEMOKRITOS   (Greece)

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EID: 0344452991     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485300034957     Document Type: Article

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