Potential role of hydrogen peroxide and melanin in the cold hardiness of Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 451-454

  Kojic, Danijela ^a   Spasojevic, Ivan ^b   Mojovic, Miloš ^c   Blagojevic, Duško ^c   Roger Worland, M ^d   Grubor Lajsic, Gordana ^a   Spasic, Mihajlo B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Cold hardiness; Hydrogen peroxide; Melanin; Ostrinia nubilalis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COLD TOLERANCE; ENZYME; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INSECT; LARVA; MELANIN;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 71949101615     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2009.056     Document Type: Article

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