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EFFECT OF A JUVENILE HORMONE ANALOGUE ON DEVELOPMENTAL RATE AND GROWTH RATE OF PROGENY IN PISSODES STROBI (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

L. H. McMullen  and
T. S. Sahota
L. H. McMullen
Affiliation:
Pacific Forest Research Centre, Canadian Forestry Service, Victoria, British Columbia
T. S. Sahota
Affiliation:
Pacific Forest Research Centre, Canadian Forestry Service, Victoria, British Columbia
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Abstract

Application of a juvenile hormone analogue (ZR-777), prepared from an emulsifiable concentrate, to adults or to host foliage retarded the developmental and growth rates of the progeny. Possible means of transmission of the effect to the progeny are discussed.

Résumé

Application d’un analogue d’hormone juvénile (ZR-777) préparé à partir d’un concentré émulsifiable, aux adultes ou au feuillage de l’hôte, a retardé les taux de développement et de croissance des descendants. Discussion des moyens possibles d’en transmettre l’effet aux descendants.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 106 , Issue 10 , October 1974 , pp. 1015 - 1018
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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