Encyclopedia of Entomology

2008 Edition
| Editors: John L. Capinera

Precocenes

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_3109

Chemical substances from the common bedding plant Ageratum houstonianum that affect the development of some insects by causing atrophy of the corpora allata and causing precocious maturity and production of sterile adults.

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