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Hormonal Termination of Diapause in the Alfalfa Weevil

William S. Bowers, C. C. Blickenstaff

Science · 1966 · 61 citations · 5 references

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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.

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