In vitro rearing of Campoletis sonorensis, a larval endoparasitoid of Heliothis virescens from egg to third instar in an artificial medium devoid of insect sources

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-273

  Hu, J S ^a   Vinson, S B ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Artificial medium; Campoletis sonorensis; Heliothis virescens; Hymenoptera; Ichneumonidae; In vitro rearing; Lepidoptera; Luminosity; Medium volume; Noctuidae; Proteins; Sugars

Indexed keywords

CAMPOLETIS SONORENSIS;

EID: 0031426605     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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