Rearing of the Bollworm on Artificial Diet1
- 1 February 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 55 (1) , 140
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/55.1.140
Abstract
A wheat germ diet is described for routine rearing of the bollworm (Heliothis zea) consisting of wheat germ, vitamin-free casein, sucrose, Wesson''s salts, B-vitamins with inositol, choline chloride, ascorbic acid, agar, and water.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- A Wheat Germ Medium for Rearing the Pink Bollworm1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1960
- Artificial Medium for Rearing Some Lepidopterous Corn Insects1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1960