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Successful in vitro rearing of Trichogramma australicum (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) on artificial diet containing cultured insect cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

A. Notarte
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Entomology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
D. J Merritt*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Entomology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
*
*Fax: 61 7 3365 1655 E-mail: dmerritt@ento.uq.edu.au

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