A new starch-grafted gelling agent for screwworm (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larval diet

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1138-1141

  Chaudhury, M F ^a   Alvarez, L Alfredo ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Larval diet; Mass rearing programs; Screwworm; Starch grafted gel

Indexed keywords

CALLIPHORIDAE; COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032743779     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/92.5.1138     Document Type: Article

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