Studies on the nutrition of the Tea Tortrix, Homona Coffearia Nietner (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with particular emphasis on the requirements of Carbohydrates, Amino Acids, Fatty Acids and Sterols

Gnanapragasam, Nalini Chandramalar

dc.contributor.author	Gnanapragasam, Nalini Chandramalar
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-04T09:26:11Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-04T09:26:11Z
dc.date.issued	1982
dc.identifier.uri	http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/6816
dc.description.abstract	The present investigation was undertaken to further improve the artificial diets developed earlier to rear the tea tortrix, Homona coffearia Nietner in vitro (M.Phil Thesis, Gnanapragasam, 1979) and perfect a completely defined one (holidic diet) to study in detail, the optimal requirements of various essential dietary ingredients (a) carbohydrates, (b) amino acids, (c) fatty acids and (d) sterols, needed for normal growth and development of this insect through successive generations.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Faculty of Science, University of Colombo	en_US
dc.title	Studies on the nutrition of the Tea Tortrix, Homona Coffearia Nietner (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with particular emphasis on the requirements of Carbohydrates, Amino Acids, Fatty Acids and Sterols	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US