In vitro rearing of entomophagous insects -past and future trends: A minireview

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Grenier, Simon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial diet; Artificial medium; Mass production; Parasitoid; Predator; Research tool

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 77952067892     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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