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... To optimize Drosophila suzukii rearing and establish mass rearing its local parasitoids, this washing method collects pupae from wheat germ diet. The diet consists of purified water (480 ml), raw wheat germ (100 g), table sugar (45 g), Brewer's yeast (35 g), and maize flour (30 g). Preparation requires stirring and boiling all ingredients for 7 minutes, then cooling to room temperature. Implementa ...
Drosophila melanogaster; Drosophila suzukii; adults; life tables; mass rearing; pest management; population growth; progeny; reproduction; sex ratio; survival rate
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... Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and Drosophila melanogaster Meigen were studied in a laboratory at 25 °C, 60% RH and 16:8 h L:D. Stage-specific developmental times, reproduction, stage-specific survival rates, and adult sex ratios were recorded and organized in separate life tables for each species. The intrinsic rate of increase (r), the finite rate of increase (λ), the ne ...
... The pupal parasitoid Trichopria anastrephae Lima (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) shows potential to control Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae), and understanding the behavior of this parasitoid in challenging environments is important to obtain a higher efficiency in mass rearing and in biological control programs. This study aimed to verify the effects of extrinsic intraspecific co ...
Ceratitis capitata; Drosophila suzukii; Enterobacter; adults; biomass; control methods; digestive system; environmental sustainability; fecundity; insecticides; insects; mass rearing; pests; protein sources; pupae; starvation; sterile insect technique; symbionts
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... The Spotted-Wing Drosophila fly, Drosophila suzukii, is an invasive pest species infesting major agricultural soft fruits. Drosophila suzukii management is currently based on insecticide applications that bear major concerns regarding their efficiency, safety and environmental sustainability. The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an efficient and friendly to the environment pest control method tha ...
Antonio Biondi; Xingeng Wang; Jeffrey C. Miller; Betsey Miller; Peter W. Shearer; Lucia Zappalà; Gaetano Siscaro; Vaughn W. Walton; Kim A. Hoelmer; Kent M. Daane
... Insect parasitoids are often manipulated to improve biological control programs for various arthropod pests. Volatile compounds can be a relevant cue used by most parasitoid hymenoptera for host or host microhabitat location. Here, we studied olfactory responses of the braconid Asobara japonica Belokobylskij, an Asiatic endoparasitoid of the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura), toward its ...
Rossi-Stacconi Marco Valerio; Wang Xingeng; Stout Amanda; Fellin Lorenzo; Daane Kent M.; Biondi Antonio; Stahl Judith M.; Buffington Matthew L.; Anfora Gianfranco; Hoelmer Kim A.
Drosophila suzukii; Figitidae; biological control; biological control agents; host specificity; larvae; mass rearing; parasitoids; protocols; risk; Africa; East Asia; Europe; North America
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... Native to East Asia, the spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae), has established widely in the Americas, Europe, and parts of Africa over the last decade, becoming a devastating pest of various soft-skinned fruits in its invaded regions. Biological control, especially by means of self-perpetuating and specialized parasitoids, is expected to be a viable opt ...
... Parasitoids are currently considered for biological control of the spotted wing drosophila (SWD) in berry crops. Releases of mass-reared parasitoids require the presence of all resources necessary to ensure their effectiveness in the crop system. The use of floral resources to feed Trichopria drosophilae, one of the candidate species, was investigated in a laboratory study. The life expectancy of ...
Sampson Blair J.; Mallette Trevor; Addesso Karla M.; Liburd Oscar E.; Iglesias Lindsy E.; Stringer Stephen J.; Werle Chris T.; Shaw Donna A.; Larsen Drew; Adamczyk John J.
... Drosophila suzukii (Matsumara) (Diptera: Drosophilidae), the spotted wing drosophila, is a global pest of soft fruits now rearable on a standard D. melanogaster (Meigen) diet containing the fly's own natural food: soft-skinned berries. The techniques tested here can save 40% of cultures from microbial contamination that develops after combining artificial food sources (e.g., standard drosophila me ...
Drosophila suzukii; Taguchi method; adults; bananas; brewers yeast; corn flour; diet; eggs; ethanol; females; ingredients; larvae; legs; mass rearing; parasitoids; pupae; sex ratio; wheat germ; white sugar; Mexico
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... Four local parasitoids of spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae), were collected in Mexico in 2013–2015. To increase insectary production of the fly for mass rearing of its parasitoids, a wheat germ diet that uses low‐cost ingredients was optimized through the orthogonal array L9 (3⁴, i.e., four controllable factors with three levels each) (Taguchi method) ...
Júlia Gabriela Aleixo Vieira; Alexandra Peter Krüger; Tiago Scheuneumann; Maíra Chagas Morais; Hugo Julio Speriogin; Flávio Roberto Mello Garcia; Dori Edson Nava; Daniel Bernardi
Drosophila suzukii; Trichopria; adults; biological control agents; endoparasitoids; exposure duration; females; fruit crops; honey; longevity; males; mass rearing; parasitism; pupae; Brazil
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... Spotted-wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931), is an economic pest of thin-skinned fruit crops. Its control has commonly been carried out through chemical methods. However, given the need to develop safer and environmentally friendly management alternatives, the pupal endoparasitoid Trichopria anastrephae Lima stands out as a potential biological control agent. However, the lack of ...