Influence of metyrapone on the morphology of hemocytes of the Egyptian cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.)

Zoological Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 371-377

  Gelbič, Ivan ^a   Strbáčková, Jana ^a   Berger, Josef ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Development; Hemocyte; Metyrapone; Morphology; Spodoptera littoralis

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA ARGILLACEA; ANIMALIA; GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 33749660946     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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