Exposure of Ephestia cautella eggs to anoxic conditions retards the development of the embryo, causing a marked delay in hatching. Phosphine treatment results in little or no hatch delay in surviving embryos and produces characteristic ultrastructural lesions, mainly manifested as changes in mitochondrial organization.
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