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A CHEMICALLY DEFINED, SYNTHETIC MEDIUM THAT INDUCES OVIPOSITION IN THE PARASITE ITOPLECTIS CONQUISITOR (HYMENOPTERA: ICHNEUMONIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

A. P. Arthur ,
B. M. Hegdekar  and
W. W. Batsch
A. P. Arthur
Affiliation:
Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario
B. M. Hegdekar
Affiliation:
Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario
W. W. Batsch
Affiliation:
Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario
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Abstract

A chemically defined, synthetic medium that induces oviposition in the parasite Itoplectis conquisitor (Say) has been developed. The medium contains serine (0.5 M), arginine (0.05 M), leucine (0.065 M), and magnesium chloride (0.025 M); and it is more effective than host haemolymph in inducing oviposition. This completely artificial oviposition stimulant was developed to facilitate the mass rearing of the parasite on an artificial diet.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 8 , August 1972 , pp. 1251 - 1258
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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