The ectoparasitic wasp Eulophus pennicornis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) uses instar-specific endocrine disruption strategies to suppress the development of its host Lacanobia oleracea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1153-1162

  Edwards, John P ^a   Bell, Howard A ^a   Audsley, Neil ^a   Marris, Gay C ^a   Kirkbride Smith, Anne ^a   Bryning, Gareth ^a   Frisco, Caroline ^b   Cusson, Michel ^b  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone (20 E); Ecdysteroid; Host regulation; JH esterase (JHE); Juvenile hormone (JH); Noctuid

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLESTERASE; ECDYSTERONE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; JUVENILE HORMONE; JUVENILE HORMONE ESTERASE; WASP VENOM;

CATERPILLAR; ECTOPARASITE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLT; MOTH;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WASP;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; ECDYSTERONE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; JUVENILE HORMONES; LARVA; MOTHS; TIME FACTORS; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

EULOPHIDAE; EULOPHUS PENNICORNIS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LACANOBIA OLERACEA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 33751217158     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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