Influence of juvenile hormone analogue on food consumption and digestive enzyme activities in Spodoptera mauritia Boisd

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 491-494

  Sindhu, A ^a   Nair, V S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT   (India)

Author keywords

Digestive enzyme; Food consumption; Juvenile hormone analogue Spodoptera mauritia

Indexed keywords

ENZYME KINETICS; FOOD PRODUCTS; GROWTH KINETICS; HORMONES; NUTRITION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

JUVENILE HORMONE ANALOGUE (JHA); LARVAE;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM;

AMYLASE; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; JUVENILE HORMONE; PROTEINASE; TREHALASE;

ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; METABOLISM; TIME;

AMYLASES; ANIMALS; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE HORMONES; LARVA; SPODOPTERA; TIME FACTORS; TREHALASE;

ANIMALIA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA MAURITIA;

EID: 2442492072     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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