Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

una cria del insecto

English translation:

...insects were bred.../a colony of the insects was established

Added to glossary by Oscar Salamanca
Sep 23, 2007 06:51
16 yrs ago
Spanish term

una cria del insecto

Spanish to English Science Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) Entomology
Para evaluar la actividad biológica de XXXXX sobre Trialeurodes vaporaiorum, se estableció en condiciones de laboratorio *una cría del insecto* sobre fríjol XXXX variedad XXX a una temperatura de 16ºC y una humedad relativa de 80%.

The insect they refer to is the Trialeurodes vaporariorum.

Thanks a lot :)
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Sep 27, 2007 05:19: Oscar Salamanca Created KOG entry

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...insects were bred...

...under laboratory conditions, insects were bred in/on...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks slothm :) I really like this one."
16 mins

insect farming

Cría often means farming, so I think it might be this. Other distinct possibilities: insect breeding, insect hatching (if it's to do wih larvae), insect raising. But it's probably between insect farming and insect breeding.
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Thanks Rowan
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insect culture

Insect culture:. Northern strain plum curculio adults were collected from ... In this study ...
whalonlab.msu.edu/presentations%5CAyhan%20ESA%20poster.pdf



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Insect culture techniques. The T. castaneum cultures were maintained in 1-L glass ..... Rhizopertha dominica Fab. as affected by temperature and humidity. ...
www.agri.gov.il/Envir/pdf/4.pdf

The insect culture was maintained in the insect rearing facility of our ... 25°C and 70% relative humidity with a photoperiod of 12 h light and 12 h dark. ...
www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=124070

Insect culture and maintenance. Callosobruchus maculatus used in this study were derived ... ambient temperature and relative humidity. The kilner jars were ...
www.academicjournals.org/AJB/PDF/pdf2006/16May/Adebowale an...
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Thanks Michele
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breeding of insect/s

Common bean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The prepared beans are commonly known as frijoles. ... It is often called simply the black bean (frijol negro in Spanish, feijão preto in Portuguese), ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_bean - 58k - Cached - Similar pages

Blackwell Synergy - Ecol Entomol, Volume 23 Issue 4 Page 480 ...
1 The effect of larval host (black-eyed bean or mung bean) on (a) mean elytral ... One group of insects in which the effects of developmental conditions on ...
www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.... - Similar pages

http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:yfPV8b3EBBAJ:www.scielo...

= breeding of insect

news @ nature.com - Male weevils give females the gift of youth ...
Several early-breeding insects will even shorten the lifespan of their mates ... The lucky mates of late-breeding bean weevils, who get both a long life and ...
www.nature.com/news/2005/050919/full/050919-3.html - Similar pages

Australian Insect Farm AIF
Of course our fact sheets guide you through all the steps on insect keeping, rearing and breeding. Our `Insect Kits' are a great introduction to the insect ...
www.insectfarm.com.au/class.htm - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
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An apparatus for breeding insects
For breeding insects on small isolated portions of a host plant, the apparatus. here described can be used with good success. It can be fitted on the host ...
www.springerlink.com/index/V041WU7Q38126105.pdf - Similar pages




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OR just

insect breeding
Note from asker:
Thanks liz. I found some interesting facts that will help me in my translation in the links you provided :)
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a colony of the insects was established

Please see the link where it says, "We maintain a colony of the insects in our laboratories."
Note from asker:
Thanks Deborah. I like your option but I need to mantain consistency in the use of the word 'breed' throught the text.
Peer comment(s):

agree Nora Bellettieri
2 hrs
muchas gracias Nora, un abrazo :-) Deborah
agree JPMedicalTrans
4 hrs
Thank you Alex, have a nice Sunday :-) Deborah
agree Rachel Fell : http://vir.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/full/86/5/1525
10 hrs
thank you Rachel, very kind of you to provide the link :-) Deborah
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