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ABDEL-AZEM M. EL-GAMMAL; MONER S. AMER; HANNA I. MAHMOUD. "EFFECT OF PYRIPROXYFEN ON LIPID AND CHOLESTEROL CONTENTS IN THE LAST INSTAR NYMPHS OF SCHISTO-CERCA GREGARIA (FORSK.)". Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 73, 4, 1995, 955-963. doi: 10.21608/ejar.1995.442878
EL-GAMMAL, A., AMER, M., MAHMOUD, H. (1995). 'EFFECT OF PYRIPROXYFEN ON LIPID AND CHOLESTEROL CONTENTS IN THE LAST INSTAR NYMPHS OF SCHISTO-CERCA GREGARIA (FORSK.)', Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 73(4), pp. 955-963. doi: 10.21608/ejar.1995.442878
EL-GAMMAL, A., AMER, M., MAHMOUD, H. EFFECT OF PYRIPROXYFEN ON LIPID AND CHOLESTEROL CONTENTS IN THE LAST INSTAR NYMPHS OF SCHISTO-CERCA GREGARIA (FORSK.). Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 1995; 73(4): 955-963. doi: 10.21608/ejar.1995.442878
EFFECT OF PYRIPROXYFEN ON LIPID AND CHOLESTEROL CONTENTS IN THE LAST INSTAR NYMPHS OF SCHISTO-CERCA GREGARIA (FORSK.)
1Locust Research Department, Plant Protection Research Institute, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
2Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
3Faculty of Science (Girls) Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
Application of 100, 50, and 25 ug/nymph pyriproxyfen to the 5th instar nymphs of Schistocerca gregaria had remarkably reduced lipid and cholesterol contents in their haemolymph and fat bodies. This reduction was accompanied with a 2 days prolongation in the last stadium. It was therefore, concluded that pyriproxyfen plays the same role of juvenile hormone in suppressing lipid and cholesterol contents in the desert locust.