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ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS: THEIR DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ON SIZE OF AN INSECT, AGRIA AFFINIS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Pritam Singh  and
H. L. House
Pritam Singh
Affiliation:
Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario
H. L. House
Affiliation:
Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario
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Abstract

A detrimental effect on larval size in Agria affinis (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) varied with the kind, among nine, and with the dietary level of antimicrobial food additives in a synthetic diet; for example, inversely with the level of streptomycin sulphate. This and other factors considered suggest need for some caution in the use of such food additives where normal insect specimens are desired.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 102 , Issue 10 , October 1970 , pp. 1340 - 1344
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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