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Gordon E. Moore, Edgar W. Clark, Suppressing Microorganisms and Maintaining Turgidity in Coniferous Foliage Used to Rear Insects in the Laboratory, Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 61, Issue 4, 1 August 1968, Pages 1030–1031, https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/61.4.1030
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Abstract
An aseptic technique is described that retards the growth of micro flora attacking excised conifer stems kept in water, thus facilitating the rearing of foliage-feeding and tip-infesting insects. Treated foliage remained fresh for an average of 5 weeks or until the foliage was consumed, whereas untreated foliage averaged only 10 days. The technique is most useful when time or insufficient host material creates a difficult, expensive rearing situation.
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