A chemically defined diet enables continuous rearing of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Homoptera: Delphacidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 111-116

  Fu, Qiang ^b   Zhang, Zhitao ^a   Hu, Cui ^b   Lai, Fengxiang ^a   Sun, Zongxiu ^a  

^a CHINA NATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemically defined diet; Continuous rearing; Nilaparvata lugens

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035256049     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2001.111     Document Type: Article

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