Inhibition of Juvenile Hormone during the Formation of the Spermatophore in Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera, Blattellidae)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 559-566

  Vilaplana, Lluïsa ^a   Piulachs, Maria Dolors ^a   Bellés, Xavier ^a  

^a Department of Agrobiology ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Accessory reproductive glands; Allatectomy; Cockroaches; Corpora allata; Protein pattern

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE; DICTYOPTERA;

EID: 1842577582     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1996)32:3/4<559::aid-arch27>3.0.co;2-a     Document Type: Article

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