Effects of the insect growth regulator, methoprene, on onthophagus taurus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 493-498

  Nino, Elina L ^a   Sorenson, Clyde E ^a   Washburn, Steven P ^a   Watson, D Wes ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dung beetles; Insect growth regulator; Methoprene; Onthophagus taurus

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE; METHOPRENE;

ADULT; BEETLE; BIOASSAY; FECUNDITY; FLY; GROWTH REGULATOR; HORMONE; MANURE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; DRUG EFFECT; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MANURE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; FERTILITY; INSECT CONTROL; JUVENILE HORMONES; LARVA; MANURE; METHOPRENE;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS; HEXAPODA; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 65249093137     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0224     Document Type: Article

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