In Vivo and in Vitro Effects of the Nonsteroidal Ecdysteroid Agonist Tebufenozide on Cuticle Formation in Spodoptera exigua: An Ultrastructural Approach

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-134

  Smagghe, Guy ^a,c   Viñuela, Elisa ^b   Budia, Flor ^b   Degheele, Danny ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^c Faculty of Agricultural Sciences   (Belgium)

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EID: 1542605210     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1996)33:2<121::AID-ARCH3>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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