Rearing non-diapausing western spruce budworm on pre-mixed artificial diet

The western spruce budworm, C. occidentalis Freeman, was reared on pre-mixed artificial diet in the laboratory without diapause. The colony was maintained indefinitely with a generation time of 38-40 days. Females deposited an average of 307 eggs of which about 91% survived. The rearing technique pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mohamad, Rosli, Oloffs, Peter C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Entomological Society of British Columbia 1984
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40194/1/Rearing%20non-diapausing%20western%20spruce%20bud%20worm%20on%20pre-mixed%20artificial%20diet.pdf