Biological and immune response of Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) to sodium tetraborate

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 777-783

  Durmuş, Yonca ^a   Büyükgüzel, Kemal ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Galleria mellonella; Lysozyme; Sodium tetraborate; Survival

Indexed keywords

BORATE SODIUM; BORIC ACID; INORGANIC COMPOUND; INSECTICIDE; LYSOZYME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BORATES; FERTILITY; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LONGEVITY; MURAMIDASE; PUPA;

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 46849098428     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[777:BAIROG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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