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Rearing of Diamondback Moth Parasites

Welcome! This tutorial teaches the rearing of diamondback moth parasites. AVRDC has designed this tutorial to be educational and easy to use. Photos in this tutorial are small to allow each page to download quickly. For a larger, close-up view of a photo, simply click on it. This tutorial is organized as follows:
 Introduction
 Life Cycle of DBM
 Natural Parasites
 Growing Host Plants
 Preparing Oviposition Foils

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 Preparing solution

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 Preparing foils
Rearing Diadegma, Cotesia, and Microplitis

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 General Practices

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 Diadegma semiclausum

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 Cotesia plutellae

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 Microplitis plutellae
 Rearing Oozymus sokolowskii
 Rearing Diadromus collaris
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