Conversion of organic wastes into fly larval biomass: Bottlenecks and challenges

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 179-193

  Pastor, B ^a   Velasquez, Y ^a   Gobbi, P ^a   Rojo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

By products; Hermetia illucens; Mass rearing; Musca domestica; Organic wastes; Saprophagous diptera

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014770639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/JIFF2014.0024     Document Type: Review

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