Flanders, S.E. 1947 Use of potato tubers in mass culture of Diaspine scale insects.. Journal of Economic Entomology 40(5): 746-747.

Notes: Potato tubers are used for rearing scale insects Aonidiella aurantii, Aspidiotus perniciosus and A. lataniae for the first time. Prior plant hosts Citrus, Citrullus and Cucurbita had proved less efficient and economically feasible.