A general purpose laboratory diet mixture for rearing insects
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal of Tropical Insect Science
- Vol. 4 (04), 357-362
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1742758400002393
Abstract
The composition and preparation of a general purpose artificial diet for rearing insects is described. A total of 41 species were reared for 1 generation or more, and 56 spp. were partially reared or maintained on this diet. The advantages and applications of using a single diet for multiple-species rearing are described. The diet is economical for general laboratory rearing. In freeze-dried form it can be used for bioassays of pathogens, pesticides, insect growth regulators, plant resistant chemicals and other toxins, and has a potential market in the development of insect rearing kits for educational purposes.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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