Effect of the size of the pupae, adult diet, oviposition substrate and adult population density on egg production in Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 587-596

  Pastor, Berta ^a   Čičková, Helena ^b   Kozánek, Milan ^b   Anabel, Martínez Sánchez ^a   Takáč, Peter ^b   Rojo, Santos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Diptera; Fecundity; Housefly; Mass rearing; Musca domestica; Muscidae; Protein supplements; Size of flies; Size of the pupae; Spatial requirements; Substrate presentation; Substrate quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTRACTANT; DIET; EGG PRODUCTION; FECUNDITY; FLY; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTEIN; PUPA; REARING; SUBSTRATE;

DIPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 84856939049     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2011.076     Document Type: Article

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