Development and assessment of a liquid larval diet for Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1191-1198

  Chang, Chiou Ling ^a   Vargas, Roger I ^a   Caceres, Carlos ^b   Jang, Eric ^a   Cho, Il Kyu ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b FAO   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulking agent; Liquid diet rearing; Oriental fruit fly; Sponge cloth

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DIET; EGG PRODUCTION; FLY; LARVA; PUPATION; REARING;

BACTROCERA DORSALIS; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33846342222     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[1191:DAAOAL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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