Open AccessA JUVENILE HORMONE ANALOGUE INDUCING CASTE DIFFERENTIATION IN THE AUSTRALIAN TERMITE, NASUTZTERMES EXZTZOSUS (HILL) (ISOPTERA: TERMITIDAE).
Author(s) -
French J. R. J.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1974.tb02213.x
Subject(s) - termitidae , biology , juvenile hormone , juvenile , caste , zoology , ecology , insect , linguistics , philosophy
A juvenile hormone analogue when applied to sawdust and fed to worker termites induced the development of superfluous soldiers. It seemed that the presence of soldiers initially suppressed the tendency of workers towards soldier regeneration.