title: [The effect of continuous rearing on an artificial diet on the physiology of a lepidopteran, Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner].
abstract: Rearing on an artificial diet during 20 successive generations had important consequences on the physiology of a lepidopteran, Ostrinia nubilalis Hbn. This laboratory strain was found less virulent than the one from nature. If the causes of this weakness can be of genetic as well as of pathological origin, it is probable that such strains cannot be utilized, without risk, in the studies on resistance of maize lines.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D004777:Environment; D005796:Genes; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000502:physiology*; D009036:Moths / Q000502:physiology*; D003313:Zea mays
vernacular_title: Effet de l'élevage continu sur milieu artificiel sur la physiologie d'un lépidoptère Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner