BIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL PECULIARITES OF BEAN WEEVIL (ACANTHOSCELIDES OBTECTUS SAY.) - A BASIS AS AN ALTERNATIVE HOST FOR BREEDING OF OVIPARASITE USCANA SENEX G.
The laboratory regulations of Uscana senex rearing includes the reproduction of Acanthoscelides obtectus as a secondary host, based on Belitzcaia-16 bean sort wich provides a high femaleâs biological potential, presenting a high viability and prolificacy and a large quantity of individuals obtained from a substratum unit.