Artificial diets for rearing the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-11

  Gelman, Dale B ^a   Bell, Robert A ^b   Liska, Lynda J ^a   Hu, Jing S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Artificial diet; Artificial rearing system; Ecdysteroid titers; Edovum puttleri; Fecundity; Insect growth and development

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; EDOVUM PUTTLERI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LACTUCA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VESPIDAE;

EID: 4043098277     PISSN: 15362442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.001.0701     Document Type: Article

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