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Monitoring growth, survival and enzyme system of melon fruit fly Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett) under the influence of affinity purified pea lectin

  1. Amrit Pal Kaur1,
  2. Satwinder K. Sohal1,*,
  3. Manpreet Kaur2,
  4. Jatinder Singh3

Article first published online: 8 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2012.00545.x

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Entomological Science

Entomological Science

Volume 16, Issue 1, pages 91–99, January 2013

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Kaur, A. P., Sohal, S. K., Kaur, M. and Singh, J. (2013), Monitoring growth, survival and enzyme system of melon fruit fly Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett) under the influence of affinity purified pea lectin. Entomological Science, 16: 91–99. doi: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2012.00545.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Zoology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India

  2. 2

    Department of Human Genetics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India

  3. 3

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India

* Correspondence: Satwinder K. Sohal, Department of Zoology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 143005, India.
Email: satudhillon@hotmail.com

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 4 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 8 OCT 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 12 JUN 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 9 JAN 2012

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