Dimetry N Z
Experientia. 1976 Aug 15;32(8):1006-7. doi: 10.1007/BF01933938.
A kidney bean meal diet was the most satisfactory laboratory diet for the larvae of the American bollworm Heliothis armigera Hubn. Optimum rates of survival (63.5%) occurred and the larval growth was better than that of larvae reared on castor oil plant leaves. The pupal weight and the fecundity of the resulting adults were also much better than those on the control host plant.
菜豆粉饲料是棉铃虫幼虫在实验室中最适宜的饲料。幼虫存活率达到最佳（63.5%），且其生长状况优于以蓖麻叶为食的幼虫。所羽化出成虫的蛹重和繁殖力也远高于以对照寄主植物为食的成虫。
