Hormonal Termination of Diapause in the Alfalfa Weevil
- 30 December 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 154 (3757) , 1673-1674
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.154.3757.1673
Abstract
Topical treatment of the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica (Gyllenhal), with the synthetic juvenile gonadotropic hormone 10,11-epoxyfarnesenic acid methyl ester effectively terminated summer diapause.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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