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A light-sensitive apparatus for the rapid measurement of experimental feeding by insects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

C. F. Soo Hoo
C. F. Soo Hoo
Affiliation:
C.S.I.R.O., Division of Entomology, Canberra, Australia
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Extract

A simple apparatus incorporating a photographic light meter is described, which is used for rapid measurement of the amount consumed by insect larvae of black filter-paper impregnated with plant extracts.

Type
Research Paper
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 56 , Issue 2 , December 1965 , pp. 227 - 229
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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