Open AccessAn Artificial Diet Suitable for Testing Antimetabolic Products Against Sugarcane Whitegrubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Author(s) -
ALLSOPP P. G.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1995.tb01304.x
Subject(s) - scarabaeidae , biology , larva , sugar , sucrose , wheat germ , casein , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , food science , botany
The suitability of three artificial diets for testing the effects of antimetabolic products on the development and survival of melolonthine canegrubs was tested. One diet based on wheat germ and casein resulted in the best growth rate and survival in larvae of Antitrogus parvulus Britton and Lepidiota negatoria Blackburn and was successfully used to test the effects of soybean trypsin inhibitor on larvae of A. consanguineus (Blackburn). the same diet without sucrose was less effective, but should be useful for testing sugar‐binding lectins.