Pesticide Research Journal

SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 1997
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 2

Effect of Juvenile Hormone on Haemocyte Counts of Blattela germanica

  • Author:
  • L.K. Hazarika, A.P. Gupta
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 252 to 255

Department of Entomology, Cook College, P.O. Box 231, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 08903, USA

*Present Address: Plant Protectton Deparrmentt Tocklai Experimental Station, Jorhat-785 008, Assam, India. To whom correspondence may be made.

Online published on 3 November, 2011.

Abstract

The total haemocyte counts (THCs) and differential plasmatocyte counts decreased significantly in the adultoids emerging from juvenile hormone (JH) - treated 6th instar nymphs of Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)) The prohaemocyte counts increased ssgnificantly. Granulocyte and oenocytoid counts remained unchanged.

Keywords

Diflubenzuron, plasmatocytes, granulocytes, immunocytes, JH, Blattella germanica