Feeding, brain implantation and 20-hydroxyecdysone treatment reverses the effect of starvation and ventral nerve cord severance on haemocyte counts in larvae of the plain tiger butterfly Danaus chrysippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

International Journal of Tropical Insect Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-300

  Pandey, J P ^a   Tiwari, R K ^a  

^a KN Govt Postgraduate College   (India)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone; Brain implantation; Haemocyte count; Methoprene; Starvation; Ventral nerve cord

Indexed keywords

DANAUS CHRYSIPPUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 30944439808     PISSN: 17427584     EISSN: 17427592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IJT200584     Document Type: Article

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