The artificial diet and the mass rearing method of Spodoptera exigua.
Author of the article:LI Teng-Wu,YANG Chong-Zhen,HE Jiang-Xu,YANG Hong-Feng,WANG Xing-Lin
Author's Workplace:(Shenzhen Ruidefeng Pesticide Co.LTD., Guangdong Province518040,China).
Key Words:Spodoptera exigua; artificial diet; rearing method
Abstract:An artificial diet of beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua mainly consisted of soybeen, maize, wheat and yeast, was used for continuous mass rearing. The studies showed that the mean of larvae mortality, rate of pupation, malformed pupae and adult emerg