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@#Juvenile hormone is an exclusive hormone found in insects which involves regulating various insect physiology. A total of eight juvenile hormones have been identified in insects which include JH 0, JH I, JH II, JH III, 4-methyl JH I (Iso- JH 0), JHB III, JHSB III, and MF. Corpora allata are the glands responsible for the production and synthesis of these hormones. They are involved in moulting, reproduction, polyethism, and behavioural regulations in different orders of insects. Factors such as diet temperatures, photoperiods, and plant compounds affect the biosynthesis and regulation of juvenile hormones. Juvenile hormones analogue is usually used to disrupt normal regulation of JH and this analogue is categorized as insect-growth regulators (IGRs) and is widely used in pest control as an alternative to chemical insecticides. Other applications of biosynthesis activities of this hormone have not been explored in the area of JHs. In this review, current applications of JHs with an addition of their future application will be discussed.
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Se colectaron y determinaron los principales insectos acuáticos biorreguladores de larvas de mosquito presentes en distintos reservorios en los "Pantanos de Villa", Lima, Perú, donde encontramos larvas y pupas de mosquito de las especies Culex quinquefasciatus Say y Aedes scapularis Rondani, en acuatorios donde no observamos insectos acuáticos. En aquéllos donde estaban presentes estos efectivos biorreguladores de larvas de mosquito como fueron Ischnura ramburri (Selys), Ceratura capreola (Hagen), Erithrodiplax cleopatra Ris, Aeschna elsia Calvert, Tropisternus dorsalis Brullé, Thermonectes circunscripta Latr, Belostoma asiaticum (Mayr) y Buenoa absidata Truxal, no encontramos larvas de mosquito. Se muestran las especies de insectos acuáticos colectados y las variables físico-químicas del agua en los reservorios investigados.
The main aquatic insects bioregulators of mosquitoe larvae living in different reservoirs at the "Pantanos de Villa", Lima, Perú, were collected and determined. Mosquitoe larvae and pupas of the Culex quinquefasciatus Say and Aedes scapularis Rondani species were found in water reservoirs where aquatic insects are not observed. In those where there were these effective bioregulators of mosquitoe larvae such as Ischnura ramburii (Selys), Ceratura capreola (Hagen), Erithrodoplax cleopatra Ris, Aschna elsia Calvert, Tropisternus dorsalis Brullé, Thermonectes circunscripta Lart, Belostoma asiaticum (Mayr), and Buenos absidata Truxal, no mosquitoe larvae were found. The species of the aquatic insects collected in the reservoirs as well as the physical and chemical variables of the water are shown.