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Table 1 Ingredients of 6 tested diets based on gelling agent rearing Spodoptera littoralis larvae as compared to the castor plant diet and their cost study

From: Effect of a low cost diet on the cotton leaf worm, Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrosis virus pathogenicity and sterile insect technique

Ingredients

CL

A

ASG

SG

S

G

Agar (gm.)

0

60

30

0

0

0

Starch (gm.)

0

0

35

75

150

0

Gelatin (gm.)

0

0

35

75

 

150

White Kidney Bean (gm.)

0

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

Brewer yeas (gm.)

0

150

150

150

150

150

Ascorbic acid (gm.)

0

15

15

15

15

15

Sorbic Acid (gm.)

0

5

5

5

5

5

Methyl benzoate (gm.)

0

9.5

9.5

9.5

9.5

9.5

Formaldehyde (ml.)

0

10

10

10

10

10

Distilled water (ml)

0

2000

2000

2000

2000

2000

Castor plant (gm.)

1000

0

0

0

0

0

Economic impact

 

Gel cost/kg diet (US $)

0.0

2.4

1.41

0.42

0.15

0.75

Cost saving (%)

100%

41.25

82.5

93.8

68.8