Juvenile hormone biosynthetic enzymes as targets for insecticide discovery

Advanced Technologies for Managing Insect Pests

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 31-55

  Cusson, Michel ^a   Sen, Stephanie E ^b   Shinoda, Tetsuro ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4497-4_3     Document Type: Chapter

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