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IMPORTANCE OF STARCHES TO SPRUCE BUDWORM (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

G. G. Shaw
G. G. Shaw
Affiliation:
Maritimes Forest Research Centre, Canadian Forestry Service, Fredericton, New Brunswick
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Abstract

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It was found that five different starches incorporated into artificial diet in place of sucrose made the diets significantly less nutritious for spruce budworm larvae (Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.)).

The applicability of this to the natural situation — budworm larvae feeding on growing foliage — is unknown.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 105 , Issue 1 , January 1973 , pp. 129 - 132
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1973

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