TABLE 4.

Basic components of the complete-amino-acid diet for feeding aphids

Essential amino acid	Dose (mg/100 ml)	Nonessential amino acid	Dose (mg/100 ml)	Vitamin	Dose (mg/100 ml)	Mineral and sucrose	Dose (mg/100 ml)
Phenylalanine	40	Glutamate	140	Calcium pantothenate	5	Potassium dihydrogen phosphate	500
Methionine	80	Glutamine	150	Inositol	50	Magnesium chloride	200
Arginine	270	Aspartic acid	140	Ascorbic acid	100	Manganese chloride	0.26
Lysine	120	Asparagine	550	Choline chloride	50	Cupric chloride	0.14
Tryptophan	80	Cysteine	40	Biotin	0.1	Zinc chloride	0.28
Threonine	140	Alanine	200	Pyridoxine hydrochloride	2.5	Ferric citrate	0.67
Valine	80	Glycine	80	Folic acid	0.5	Sucrose	15,000
Isoleucine	80	Tyrosine	40	Thiamine hydrochloride	2.5	Deionized water	100,000
Leucine	80	Proline	80	Nicotinic acid	10
Histidine	80	Serine	80