Cost-effective larval diet mixtures for mass rearing of Anopheles arabiensis Patton (Diptera: Culicidae)

Abstract Background Larval nutrition, particularly diet quality, is a key driver in providing sufficient numbers of high quality mosquitoes for biological control strategies such as the sterile insect technique. The diet currently available to mass rear Anopheles arabiensis, referred here to as the...

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Main Authors: Nanwintoum Séverin Bimbilé Somda, Kounbobr Roch Dabiré, Hamidou Maiga, Hanano Yamada, Wadaka Mamai, Olivier Gnankiné, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Antoine Sanon, Jeremy Bouyer, Jeremie Lionel Gilles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-017-2552-3