Structure and ultrastructure of the silk glands and spinneret of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-13

  Sorensen, Gregory S ^a   Cribb, Bronwen W ^a   Merritt, David ^a   Johnson, Marie Louise ^a   Zalucki, Myron P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cotton bollworm; Cuticle; Insect; Integument; Silk press; Spigot

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTH; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SERICULTURE; SILK; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 33645217432     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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