IMPROVEMENT OF ASEPTIC REARING OF DIAMOND BACK MOTH, PLUTELLA-XYLOSTELLA, WITH ARTIFICIAL DIET

Authors
MIYASONO M OHBA K MASUKO M DOTEUCHI M
Citation
M. Miyasono et al., IMPROVEMENT OF ASEPTIC REARING OF DIAMOND BACK MOTH, PLUTELLA-XYLOSTELLA, WITH ARTIFICIAL DIET, Nippon Oyo Dobutsu Konchu Gakkai-Shi, 40(4), 1996, pp. 302-305
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Nippon Oyo Dobutsu Konchu Gakkai-Shi → ACNP
ISSN journal
00214914
Volume
40
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
302 - 305
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-4914(1996)40:4<302:IOAROD>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Aseptic rearing of the Diamondback Moth was improved using an artifici al diet containing foliage of commercially-available germinating radis h as a food plant. Survival from egg to adult was approximately 86%. A dult longevity was prolonged by 10 days compared to non-aseptic rearin g.