Effects of organophosphorus insecticides on protein and nucleic acids contents of fat body and silk gland of the silkworm, Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae)

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 269-272

  Surendra Nath, B ^b   Sathyanarayana Raju, Ch ^b   Radha Krishna, P G ^c   Surendra Kumar, R P ^a  

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL SERICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Karnataka State Sericult R D I   (India)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; ethion; fenitrothion; toxicity

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PROTEIN; RNA;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; SILKWORM; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 9544242763     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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