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Table 2 Composition of the artificial diet used for rearing Spodoptera frugiperda larvae

From: Pesticide susceptibility monitoring of fall armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)): a simple methodology for information-sharing among Southeast Asian countries

Groups

Ingredients

Quantity

Fraction A

Agar powder

25 g

 

Reverse osmosis water

800 ml

Fraction B

Formalin

4 ml

 

Yeast

20 g

 

Methyl paraben

5 g

 

Sorbic acid

3 g

 

Mungbean powder

240 g

 

Reverse osmosis water

800 ml

Fraction C

Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)

5 g

 

Vitamin stock*

40 ml

  1. *Vitamin stock contains 5 mg biotin, 2.5 g thiamine (vitamin B1), 1.5 g pyridoxine (vitamin B6), 3 g riboflavin (vitamin B2), 20 mg cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12), 3 g D-Pantothenic acid hemicalcium salt, 10 g choline chloride, 2.5 g folic acid, 5 g inositol, 6 g nicotinic acid, distilled water 1,000 ml
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