Rearing the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, on a tapioca-based artificial diet

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Abbasi, Bilal Haider ^a,b   Ahmed, Khalique ^c   Khalique, Feeroza ^c   Ayub, Najma ^b   Hai, Jun Liu ^d   Kazmi, Syed Asad Raza ^e   Aftab, Muhammad Nauman ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^d BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF SOFTWARE   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Diet cost efficiency; Life history; Manihot esculenta

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; NOCTUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASSAVA; DIET; ECONOMICS; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; MANIHOT; MOTHS; OVIPOSITION; PUPA;

EID: 35548987915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.007.3501     Document Type: Article

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