A light and electron microscopic study of the haemocytes of adult red cotton bug Dysdercus koenigii

Biologia

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 759-764

  Sharma, Parduman R ^a   Tikku, Kalpana ^a   Saxena, Bhaskar P ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

Dystlercus koenigii; Haemocytes; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346244851     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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