MP Biomedicals™ Vanderzant-Adkisson Special Wheat Germ Diet for Insects

Vanderzant-Adkisson Special Wheat Germ Diet for Insects is widely used for laboratory rearing of more than 20 species of insects.

Catalog Number	Mfr. No.	Packaging Quantity
02-902-94210	MP Biomedicals™ 0290294210	10 kg
02-902-94220	MP Biomedicals™ 0290294220	20 kg
02-902-94250	MP Biomedicals™ 0290294250	50 kg

Description

• Vanderzant-Adkisson Special Wheat Germ Diet for Insects is a special wheat germ diet for the rearing of various insects.
• Vanderzant-Adkisson modification is widely used for laboratory rearing of more than 20 species of insects.
• Included among these are such important species of the order Lepidoptera as the corn earworm (Heliothis zea), the tobacco budworm (Heliothis virescens), the pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella), the cabbage looper (Trichoplusiani), beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua), yellow-striped armyworm (Prodenia ornithogalli), European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis), sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis), and codling moth (Carpocapsa pomonella) and others.
• Also included are two species of Curculionidae, the boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) and the alpha weevil (Hypera postica).
• The Special Wheat Germ Diet, when used with Vanderzant's Vitamin Fortification Mixture, has been very successful for rearing the corn earworm, the tobacco budworm and the pink bollworm.

Specifications

• Product Type: Insect Diet
• Format: Powder

Unless specified otherwise, for research or further manufacturing use only, not for direct human use.