Excerpt from Codling Moth: Agar Substitutes in Artificial DietsThe diets were prepared in -liter batches, poured into steel trays lined with plastic liners and surface coated with paraffin Standard agar preparations (3) were used as controls for comparison with other preparations. Eggs were prepared and placed on the diet. Texture and condition of the diet at 25 days and number of moths produced were the criteria used to judge each diet. There were two replications for each preparation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.