A technique for continuous mass rearing of the black vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-75

  Fisher, James R ^a   Bruck, Denny J ^a  

^a HORTICULTURAL CROPS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult rearing; Artificial diet; Coleoptera; Colony maintenance; Curculionidae; Larval rearing; Potassium sorbate

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; PEST SPECIES; REARING;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; OTIORHYNCHUS; OTIORHYNCHUS SULCATUS;

EID: 7244232774     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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