Ultrastructure of the haemocytes of tobacco armyworm Spodoptera litura Fab. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Biologia

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 277-285

  Sharma, Parduman R ^a,b   Sharma, Om P ^a   Saxena, Bhaskar P ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

Author keywords

Haemocytes; Spodoptera litura; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044403414     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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