A bioassay to test HCN toxicity to the burrowing bug, Cyrtomenus bergi

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-239

  Cortes, M L ^a   Sanchez, T ^a   Riis, L ^b   Bellotti, A C ^a   Calatayud, P A ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b Scarab Consult Ltd   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Artificial diet; Cassava; Cyanogenesis; Cydnidae; Hemiptera; LC50; Manihot esculenta

Indexed keywords

ACID; BIOASSAY; TOXICITY;

CYDNIDAE; CYRTOMENUS; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; MANIHOT; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 2342461065     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0013-8703.2003.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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