Cryopreservation of the beet armyworm eggs*

Insect Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 124-130

  Guang hong, L I ^a   Yi, P A N G ^a   Qi jin, C H E N ^a   Zhi jian, S U ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Eggs; Low temperature; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040409799     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2001.tb00478.x     Document Type: Article

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