Effects of plant flavonoids on fecundity, survival, and feeding of the Formosan subterranean termite

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2575-2584

  Boué, Stephen M ^a   Raina, Ashok K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apigenin; Biochanin A; Coptotermes formosanus; Fecundity; Feeding; Flavone; Flavonoid; Genistein; Glyceollin; Isoflavone; Quercetin; Survival; Termites

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; BIOCHANIN A; FLAVONOID; GENISTEIN; GLYCEOLLIN; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FECUNDITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SURVIVAL; TERMITE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FERTILITY; ISOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLAVONOIDS; ISOPTERA; MALE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0345327574     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026318203775     Document Type: Article

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