Animal husbandry – Entomological culture device
Patent
1997-05-27
1999-05-04
Kishore, Gollamudi S.
Animal husbandry
Entomological culture device
119 66, 119 67, 119270, A01K 67033
Patent
active
058991689
ABSTRACT:
An improved artificial diet or growth medium for rearing the insect parasitoid Catolaccus grandis is disclosed. The growth medium is composed of amino acid, mineral, vitamin, lipid, and carbohydrate fractions which are present in amounts and proportions effective to support growth of Catolaccus grandis, and the amino acid fraction includes alanine, glutamic acid, histidine and proline at concentrations of about 3.0-5.0%, 8.4-9.4%, 10.0-15.1% and 11.7-12.8%, by weight, respectively. The growth medium is suitable for mass propagation of C. grandis from egg to adult for their subsequent release as biocontrol agents. Alternatively, the growth medium may be used to support growth of adult female wasps of C. grandis for use as breeding stock for continued mass propagation.
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King Edgar G.
Morales-Ramos Juan A.
Rojas Maria G.
Deck Randall E.
Fado John D.
Kishore Gollamudi S.
Silverstein M. Howard
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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