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Treatment of larvae with repeated doses of precocene II induces precocious metamorphic changes in Spodoptera mauritia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Author(s) -
Mathai Sam,
Nair V. S. K.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
archives of insect biochemistry and physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.576
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1520-6327
pISSN - 0739-4462
DOI - 10.1002/arch.940010210
Subject(s) - noctuidae , ecdysis , larva , lepidoptera genitalia , biology , instar , spodoptera , pupa , period (music) , botany , biochemistry , physics , gene , acoustics , recombinant dna
In Spodoptera mauritia repeated daily treatments of larvae with 40 μg of precocene II throughout the fifth and sixth instar larval period had no effect on the larval‐larval period but prolonged larval‐pupal ecdysis. The resulting pupae showed precocious adult differentiation of mouth parts, wings, eyes, legs, and fat body.