In vitro rearing of the parasitoid Exorista larvarum (Diptera: Tachinidae) from eggs laid out of host

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-30

  Dindo, Maria Luisa ^a   Marchetti, Elisa ^a   Baronio, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continuous in vitro culture; Hatching; Macrotype eggs; Oviposition substrate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FLY; INSECT; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; LARVA; MOTHS; OVUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PUPA;

DIPTERA; EXORISTA LARVARUM; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 33947209468     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[26:IVROTP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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