Using Flight Mills to Measure Flight Propensity and Performance of Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (LeConte)
Title:
Using Flight Mills to Measure Flight Propensity and Performance of Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (LeConte)
Author:
Yu, Eric Yu
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA MyJoVE Corp 2016
Physical Description:
online resource (458 seconds)
Series:
Behavior
General Note:
Title from resource description page
Abstract:
Flight mills are important tools for comparing how age, sex, mating status, temperature, or various other factors may influence an insect's flight behavior. Here we describe protocols to tether and measure the flight propensity and performance of western corn rootworm under different treatments.
Reading Level:
For undergraduate, graduate, and professional students
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Electronic Access:
https://www.jove.com/t/59196