Nutritional value assessment of variegated grasshopper, Zonocerus variegatus (L.) (Acridoidea: Pygomorphidae), during post-embryonic development

African Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 360-364

  Ademolu, K O ^a   Idowu, A B ^a   Olatunde, G O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Entomophagy; Post embryonic development; Proximate and mineral content; Vitamin assay; Zonocerus variegatus

Indexed keywords

ACRIDOIDEA; ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; ZONOCERUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 77958107333     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4001/003.018.0201     Document Type: Article

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