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Feeding the Pea Aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harr.) (Homoptera: Aphididae), on Plant Cuttings in Organic Nutrient Solutions1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. B. Maltais
J. B. Maltais
Affiliation:
Crop Insect Section, Science Service Laboratory, St. Jean, Que.
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The artificial feeding of aphids has received renewed attention in recent years and many attempts met with limited success. Maltais (1952) reported on a simple apparatus for feeding aphids aseptically on chemically defined diets. At the time, several investigators on the artificial feeding of homopterous insects had succeeded in getting the insects to feed temporarily on special food mixtures through different types of membranes, but the insects had neither grown nor reproduced.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 91 , Issue 6 , June 1959 , pp. 336 - 340
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1959

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