A simple and rapid procedure to obtain aseptic larvae of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, for molecular investigations

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 238-239

  Duperchy, Esther ^a   Zimmermann, Gisbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 1642435685     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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