In vitro rearing of the pupal parasitoid Brachymeria intermedia (Hym.: Chalcididae) on artificial diets with and without host components

Entomophaga

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 445-453

  Dindo, M L ^a   Sama, C ^a   Fanti, P ^b   Farneti, R ^a  

^a Istituto di Entomologia G Grandi   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial diets; Meat homogenates; Parasitoid rearing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002185881     PISSN: 00138959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02769838     Document Type: Article

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