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Laboratory rearing of Cerotoma arcuate (Oliv.), a beetle vector of cowpea severe mosaic virus

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G.L. Rajnauth
Department of Plant Pathology, Central Experiment Station, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Food Production, Centeno, Trinidad
J.E. Pegus
Department of Plant Pathology, Central Experiment Station, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Food Production, Centeno, Trinidad
S.Q. Haque
Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, St. Augustine, Trinidad
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Keywords

Cerotoma arcuata (Oliv.)
Cowpea severe mosaic virus
Life cycle
Rearing

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Laboratory rearing of Cerotoma arcuate (Oliv.), a beetle vector of cowpea severe mosaic virus. (1987). Tropical Agriculture, 64(3). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/2040
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Abstract

The cluysomelid beetle, Cerotoma arcuata (Oliv.), a vector of Cowpea Severe Mosaic Virus, was reared in the laboratory for the first time using two techniques of larval rearing; these techniques are described. The life cycle of the beetle was found to last 24-29 days from egg to adult.
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