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The effects of a juvenile hormone analogue on the male reproductive organs of the red cotton bug,Dysdercus cingulatus (Heteroptera)

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The maleDysdercus cingulatus F., when treated with the JHa, methyl-3, 7, 11-trimethyl-7, 11-dichloro-2-dodecenoate, showed striking morphological deformities in the gonads, such as formation of additional apical growth on the testes, highly deformed, reduced vasa deferentia and accessory glands.

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  1. B. Julius Divakar (Entomologist)

    Present address: Central Biological Control Station, 560006, Bangalore, (India)

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  1. Entomology Section, Department of Zoology, University College of Science, Osmania University, 500007, Hyderabad, (India)

    P. Judson, B. Kishen Rao, S. S. Thakur &  B. Julius Divakar (Entomologist)

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Acknowledgments. We wish to thank Prof. P. Ramchender Rao, Head, Department of Zoology, Osmania University for facilities and encouragement. The financial assistance to P. Judson and B. Julius Divakar by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi is gratefully acknowledged.

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Judson, P., Rao, B.K., Thakur, S.S. et al. The effects of a juvenile hormone analogue on the male reproductive organs of the red cotton bug,Dysdercus cingulatus (Heteroptera). Experientia 34, 817–818 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01947347

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