Quality of transgenic laboratory strains of Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2301-2306

  Allen, Margaret L ^a,b   Scholl, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Biological Control of Pests Research Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochliomyia hominivorax; Mass rearing; Quality control; Sterile insect technique; Transgenic insect

Indexed keywords

CALLIPHORIDAE; COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 30744464145     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/98.6.2301     Document Type: Article

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