Biological and biochemical differences between in vitro- and in vivo-reared Exorista larvarum

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-174

  Dindo, Maria Luisa ^a   Grenier, Simon ^b   Sighinolfi, Luca ^a   Baronio, Piero ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agroambientali (Entomologia)   (Italy)

^b UA INRA 203   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Artificial media; Body weight; Carcass analysis; Development; Diptera; Emergence; Entomophagous insect; Fecundity; Longevity; Parasitoid rearing; Quality control; Tachinidae

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG; FLY; LONGEVITY; MOTH; PARASITISM;

DIPTERA; EXORISTA LARVARUM; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 33747126388     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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