• DOI:10.1038/2001230A0
Corpus ID: 4189092

Reciprocal Effects of Insect and Plant-growth Substances

@article{Carlisle1963ReciprocalEO,
  title={Reciprocal Effects of Insect and Plant-growth Substances},
  author={D. B. Carlisle and D. Osborne and P. Ellis and J. Moorhouse},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1963},
  volume={200},
  pages={1230-1230}
}

• D. B. Carlisle, D. Osborne, +1 author J. Moorhouse
• Published 1963
• Biology, Medicine
• Nature

INJECTION of homogenates of active prothoracic glands into fourth instar locust larvæ, a day after moulting, causes them to moult again prematurely. The instar is shortened by about 12–18 h (Fig. 1). The active agent appears to be an ecdysone (which we have named ecdysone-λ). Injection of those fractions of extracts of whole locusts that contain ecdysone-λ have a similar effect. The plant growth hormone gibberellic acid likewise shortens the instar when injected at the appropriate time into… Expand

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