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1. A 30‐year systematic review reveals success in tephritid fruit fly biological control research

Author:
Naymã Pinto Dias; Pablo Montoya; Dori Edson Nava
Source:
Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 2022 v.170 no.5 pp. 370-384
ISSN:
0013-8703
Subject:
Nematoda; Tephritidae; biological control; crop production; exports; fruit flies; fruits; horticulture; mass rearing; parasitoids; systematic review
Abstract:
... Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are among the main pests in horticulture, impacting field crops and export markets. The biological control of fruit flies has become an important method for environmentally friendly crop production. Although biological control is an age‐old practice and the mass‐rearing of some biological agents boomed in the 1990s, efforts in fruit fly control programs still fac ...
DOI:
10.1111/eea.13157

2. Aedes albopictus Adult Medium Mass Rearing for SIT Program Development

Author:
David Damiens; Lucie Marquereau; Cyrille Lebon; Gilbert Le Goff; Benjamin Gaudillat; Nausicaa Habchi-Hanriot; Louis-Clément Gouagna
Source:
Insects 2019 v.10 no.8 pp. -
ISSN:
2075-4450
Subject:
Aedes albopictus; adults; blood; cages; cattle; cellulose; egg production; eggs; equipment; females; hematophagy; male sterility; males; mass rearing; oviposition; program planning; sex ratio; stainless steel; sterile insect technique
Abstract:
... For the production of several hundred thousands of Aedes albopictus sterile males for the implementation of a Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) program, no costly mass-rearing equipment is needed during the initial phases, as optimized rearing at laboratory scale can be sufficient for the first steps. The aim of this study was to maximize the egg production by optimizing adult rearing methods for Ae. ...
DOI:
10.3390/insects10080246
PubMed:
31405080
PubMed Central:
PMC6723893

3. Diachasmimorpha longicaudata Parasitism Response to Medfly Host Fruit and Fruit Infestation Age

Author:
Ahlem Harbi; Luis de Pedro; Fernando A. A. Ferrara; José Tormos; Brahim Chermiti; Francisco Beitia; Beatriz Sabater-Munoz
Source:
Insects 2019 v.10 no.7 pp. -
ISSN:
2075-4450
Subject:
Ceratitis capitata; Diachasmimorpha longicaudata; apples; biological control agents; fruit flies; fruits; host preferences; integrated pest management; mass rearing; parasitism; parasitoids; Mediterranean region
Abstract:
... The parasitoid Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is increasingly being used in integrated pest management (IPM) programs as a biological control agent in order to suppress tephritid fruit flies of economic importance. Innate and acquired behavioral responses—such as pest host fruit preference—of parasitoids can modulate their efficiency in the field and s ...
DOI:
10.3390/insects10070211
PubMed:
31323827
PubMed Central:
PMC6681355

4. Ability of Genetic Sexing Strain Male Melon Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Suppress Wild Female Remating: Implications for Sit

Author:
Haq Ihsan Ul; Vreysen Marc J. B.; Abd-Alla Adly; Hendrichs Jorge
Source:
Florida entomologist 2013 v.96 no.3 pp. 839-849
ISSN:
0015-4040
Subject:
sterile insect technique; laboratory rearing; pupae; males; sex determination analysis; Zeugodacus cucurbitae; mass rearing; cages; irradiation; strains; insects; females; melons; Hawaii; Mauritius
Abstract:
... For successful application of the sterile insect technique (SIT), wild female insects should not be more receptive to remating after mating with a mass-reared sterile male than after to mating with a wild fertile male. The remating frequencies of melon fly Bactrocera cucurbitae Coquillett (Diptera: Tephritidae) females were assessed in field cages with male melon flies from: (1) a male-only geneti ...
DOI:
10.1653/024.096.0318

5. Ability of Sterile Males to Inhibit Female Remating in the Melon Fly Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Author:
Todd Shelly
Source:
Florida entomologist 2019 v.102 no.1 pp. 278-280
ISSN:
1938-5102
Subject:
Zeugodacus cucurbitae; analysis of variance; females; male sterility; males; mass rearing; sex determination analysis
Abstract:
... This study investigated the ability of mass-reared, sterile males of a genetic sexing strain to inhibit remating by wild females in the melon fly Zeugodacus cucurbitae. Virgin wild females were initially mated to either virgin wild or sterile males, and then given the opportunity to remate with wild males at 1, 10, or 20 d after the initial mating. Two-way ANOVA revealed that both male type and ti ...
DOI:
10.1653/024.102.0154

6. Acceptance and suitability of four plant substrates for rearing Orius sauteri (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae)

Author:
Xiao-Ling Tan; Su Wang; Tong-Xian Liu
Source:
Biocontrol science and technology 2014 v.24 no.3 pp. 291-302
ISSN:
1360-0478
Subject:
crop production; bean sprouts; longevity; oviposition; Orius sauteri; relative humidity; kidney beans; faba beans; soybeans; mass rearing; pests; nymphs; photoperiod; eggs; females; leaves; biological control
Abstract:
... Orius sauteri (Poppius) is an important hemipterous predator that has been mass-reared for biological control of numerous pests in protected crop-production systems. To find a good oviposition substrate for mass-rearing this predator under insectary conditions [25°C, 65 ± 5% relative humidity, and a photoperiod of 16:8 (L:D) h], we compared kidney bean, soybean, broad bean sprouts and fresh leaves ...
DOI:
10.1080/09583157.2013.860079

7. Activity patterns of Queensland fruit flies (Bactrocera tryoni) are affected by both mass-rearing and sterilization

Author:
WELDON, CHRISTOPHER W.; PRENTER, JOHN; TAYLOR, PHILLIP W.
Source:
Physiological entomology 2010 v.35 no.2 pp. 148-153
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Bactrocera tryoni; behavior change; cages; females; flight; fruit flies; gamma radiation; longevity; males; mass rearing; sterile insect technique; walking; Queensland
Abstract:
... Mass-reared sterile tephritid flies released in sterile insect technique (SIT) programmes exhibit behaviour, physiology and longevity that often differ from their wild counterparts. In the present study, video recordings of flies in laboratory cages are used to determine whether the sequential processes of mass-rearing and sterilization (using gamma radiation) that are integral to SIT affect gener ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-3032.2010.00726.x

8. Adequacao de uma dieta artificial para a criacao de Spodoptera cosmioides (Walk.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) em laboratorio

Author:
Bavaresco, A.; Garcia, M.S.; Grutzmacher, A.D.; Ringenberg, R.; Foresti, J.
Source:
Neotropical entomology 2004 v.33 no.2 pp. 155-161
ISSN:
1519-566X
Subject:
pupal development; moths; animal source protein; protein sources; artificial diets; longevity; fecundity; Spodoptera; insect pests; gender differences; plant pests; mass rearing; mortality; insect reproduction; insect rearing; plant source protein
Abstract:
... The biology of Spodoptera cosmioides (Walk.) was studied on three artificial diets with different protein sources (d1 = white bean, yeast extract, soybean flour, powder milk and wheat germ; d2 = 'carioca' bean and yeast extract; d3 = corn flour, wheat germ and yeast extract). The objective of this research was to determine the most suitable diet for mass rearing S. cosmioides in laboratory. The sp ...
DOI:
10.1590/S1519-566X2004000200005

9. Adult Reproductive Tract Morphology and Spermatogenesis in the Black Soldier Fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

Author:
Aline S. Malawey; David Mercati; Charles C. Love; Jeffery K. Tomberlin
Source:
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2019 v.112 no.6 pp. 576-586
ISSN:
0013-8746
Subject:
Hermetia illucens; adults; aquaculture; commercialization; eggs; females; flagellum; industry; males; mass rearing; mitosis; poultry; pupae; scanning electron microscopes; spermatheca; spermatogenesis; spermatozoa; testes
Abstract:
... Large-scale production of the black soldier fly [Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)] for use as aquaculture and poultry feed has developed into a global industry. Successful commercialization of the black soldier fly relies on optimizing the production of fecund adults. However, current mass-rearing protocols result in variable production of fertile eggs. To help lay a foundation for ...
DOI:
10.1093/aesa/saz045

10. Adult reproductive capacity of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) on a chemically defined diet

Author:
Chang, C.L.; Albrecht, C.; El-Shall, S.S.A.; Kurashima, R.
Source:
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2001 v.94 no.5 pp. 702-706
ISSN:
0013-8746
Subject:
nutrient content; meridic diets; fecundity; nutritive value; mass rearing; nutrient requirements; Ceratitis capitata; biological development; mortality; adults
Abstract:
... A chemically defined diet (Ceratitis capitata #2 diet) for rearing adult Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), the Mediterranean fruit fly, was developed by adding vitamin B12 0.024 mg, ascorbic acid phosphate (vitamin C) 3.68 mg, vitamin D 12 mg, vitamin E 8.16 mg, inositol 243 mg, choline chloride 120 mg, cholesterol 40 mg, nicotinic acid 1.64 mg, sugar 6 g, agar 400 mg, and water 7 ml to each 50 g me ...
Handle:
10113/9875
DOI:
10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0702:ARCOCC]2.0.CO;2

11. Advancements in Mass Rearing the Air Potato Beetle Lilioceris cheni

Author:
Emily C. Kraus; Rosemary Murray; Cassandra Kelm; Ryan Poffenberger; Eric Rohrig; Kate Fairbanks
Source:
Insects 2022 v.13 no.1 pp. -
ISSN:
2075-4450
Subject:
Dioscorea bulbifera; Leptinotarsa decemlineata; Lilioceris; artificial diets; biological control; biological control agents; eggs; larvae; mass rearing; oviposition; plant industry; vines; Florida
Abstract:
... The air potato beetle, Lilioceris cheni Gressitt and Kimoto (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae), is a successful biological control agent of the air potato vine, Dioscorea bulbifera L. (Dioscoreales: Dioscoreaceae), in the southern United States. Lilioceris cheni is currently being mass-reared by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Plant Industry (FDACS-DPI) for biologic ...
DOI:
10.3390/insects13010065

12. Advantages of diapause in Trichogramma dendrolimi mass production on eggs of the Chinese silkworm, Antheraea pernyi

Author:
Jun‐Jie Zhang; Xue Zhang; Lian‐Sheng Zang; Wen‐Mei Du; Yang‐Yang Hou; Chang‐Chun Ruan; Nicolas Desneux
Source:
Pest management science 2018 v.74 no.4 pp. 959-965
ISSN:
1526-498X
Subject:
Antheraea pernyi; Ostrinia furnacalis; Trichogramma dendrolimi; biological control agents; cold storage; diapause; eggs; hosts; longevity; mass rearing; parasitism; parasitoids; silkworms; China
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Trichogramma dendrolimi Matsumura is widely used as a biological control agent for control of lepidopteran agricultural pests in China and can be successfully reared using the large eggs of the Chinese silkworm, Antheraea pernyi. In this study, biological parameters of diapaused, non‐diapaused, and cold‐stored T. dendrolimi were investigated for two generations on host eggs of A. perny ...
DOI:
10.1002/ps.4795

13. Agathis bishopi, a Larval Parasitoid of False Codling Moth Thaumatotibia leucotreta: Laboratory Rearing and Effect of Adult food on Parasitism and Longevity

Author:
Source:
African entomology 2016 v.24 no.1 pp. 153-161
ISSN:
1021-3589
Subject:
Braconidae; Citrus; Thaumatotibia leucotreta; adults; biological control; containers; cotton; endoparasitoids; females; honey; laboratory rearing; larvae; longevity; males; mass rearing; orchards; paper; parasitic wasps; parasitism; progeny; sugars; South Africa
Abstract:
... Agathis bishopi (Nixon) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a koinobiont larval endoparasitoid of false codling moth (FCM), Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a pest of economic importance on citrus in South Africa. In the field Agathis bishopi was found to parasitise up to 34 % of FCM larvae in fruit, reflecting reasonable biocontrol potential. Improving the rearing of A. bis ...
DOI:
10.4001/003.024.0153

14. Age- and temperature-related pupal eye colour changes in various tephritid fruit fly species with a view to optimizing irradiation timing

Author:
Sotero S. Resilva; Rui Pereira
Source:
International journal of tropical insect science 2014 v.34 no.S1 pp. S59
ISSN:
1742-7592
Subject:
sterile insect technique; pupal development; insect pests; pupae; eyes; artificial diets; metamorphosis; reproductive performance; males; fruit flies; storage temperature; Anastrepha fraterculus; mass rearing; color; irradiation; Ceratitis capitata; soil color; Zeugodacus cucurbitae
Abstract:
... The application of the sterile insect technique to fruit flies involves the mass-production of the pest insects using an artificial diet, irradiation during a narrow time window at the late pupal or early imaginal stage to inhibit reproduction without affecting reproductive capacity, and then release into the target area where the sterile insects compete reproductively with their wild counterparts ...
DOI:
10.1017/S1742758414000095

15. Age-Stage, Two-Sex Life Tables of the Lady Beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Feeding on Different Aphid Species

Author:
Muhammad Farooq; Muhammad Shakeel; Ayesha Iftikhar; Muhammad Rafiq Shahid; Xun Zhu
Source:
Journal of economic entomology 2018 v.111 no.2 pp. 575-585
ISSN:
1938-291X
Subject:
Aphis craccivora; Coccinella septempunctata; Lipaphis erysimi; Myzus persicae; biological control; laboratory experimentation; life tables; mass rearing; predation; progeny
Abstract:
... Life table and predation data were collected for Coccinella septempunctata (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) feeding on three different host aphid species, Aphis craccivora (Koch) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), and Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), under laboratory conditions, using age-stage, two-sex life table. The preadult develo ...
DOI:
10.1093/jee/toy012

16. Age-stage two-sex life table analysis of Sesamia nonagrioides (Lep.: Noctuidae) reared on different host plants

Author:
Ladan Sedighi; Hossein Ranjbar Aghdam; Sohrab Imani; Mahmoud Shojai
Source:
Archiv für Phytopathologie und Pflanzenschutz 2017 v.50 no.9-10 pp. 438-453
ISSN:
1477-2906
Subject:
Sesamia nonagrioides; corn; diet; eggs; environmental factors; fecundity; females; host plants; immatures; life tables; mass rearing; pests; population growth; sugarcane
Abstract:
... The effects of maize and sugarcane were studied on the demographic parameters of Sesamia nonagrioides under controlled environmental conditions. Life table parameters were estimated using age-stage two-sex life table method. Total developmental times of immature stages were 53.51 ± 0.42 and 39.58 ± 0.14 days on maize and sugarcane, respectively. The fecundity values were found to be 93.07 ± 2.94 a ...
DOI:
10.1080/03235408.2017.1323464

17. Age-stage, two-sex life table and food utilization efficiencies of Galerucella placida Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on two Polygonaceae weeds

Author:
Anamika Koner; Rahul Debnath; Anandamay Barik
Source:
Journal of Asia-Pacific entomology 2019 v.22 no.4 pp. 1136-1144
ISSN:
1226-8615
Subject:
Galerucella; Persicaria glabra; Rumex dentatus; adults; amino acids; antinutritional factors; carbohydrates; fecundity; flavonols; insect larvae; larval development; leaves; life tables; lipids; longevity; mass rearing; nitrogen; nutrients; nutritive value; paddies; phenols; proteins; tannins; weeds; wheat; India; Pakistan
Abstract:
... Rumex dentatusL. and Polygonum glabrum Willd. (Polygonaceae) are important weeds of wheat and rice fields, respectively, in India and Pakistan. Adults and larvae of Galerucella placida Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) feed both weeds. Therefore, we studied the biology of G. placida on two weed leaves using age-stage, two-sex life table at 21 °C, 65 ± 5% r.h. and 12L: 12D. We also studied food util ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aspen.2019.10.001

18. Age-stage, two-sex life table of Ephestai kuheniella (Lep: Pyrallidae) at different constant temperatures

Author:
Zeinab Moghadamfar; Hajar Pakyari; Masood Amir-Maafi
Source:
Crop protection 2020 v.137 pp. 105200
ISSN:
0261-2194
Subject:
Ephestia kuehniella; females; immatures; insect pests; laboratory experimentation; life tables; longevity; males; mass rearing; natural enemies; phenology; population dynamics; prediction; reproduction; stored products; temperature
Abstract:
... Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, is a major pest in stored products, and a host resurgence for rear natural enemies. Understanding the relation between temperature variations and the life table parameters of E. kuheniella is necessary to predicting its population dynamics and improve the efficiency of mass rearing through determining the optimal temperature. The influence of seven temperatures (15, 17. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cropro.2020.105200

19. Agonosoma trilineatum (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae) a biological control agent of the weed bellyache bush, Jatropha gossypiifolia (Euphorbiaceae)

Author:
Heard, Tim A.; Chan, Richard R.; Senaratne, K.A.D. Wilmot; Palmer, William A.; Lockett, Catherine; Lukitsch, Bert
Source:
Biological control 2009 v.48 no.2 pp. 196-203
ISSN:
1049-9644
Subject:
biological control; Scutelleridae; Jatropha gossypiifolia; biological control agents; weed control; risk assessment; seed predation; host range; host specificity; insect development; oviposition; feeding behavior; mating frequency; climatic factors; climate models; mass rearing; Australia
Abstract:
... Bellyache bush, Jatropha gossypiifolia L., is a serious weed of northern Australia. Agonosoma trilineatum (F.) is an insect from tropical America released in Australia in 2003 as a biological control agent against bellyache bush. It feeds on seeds and has the potential to reduce seed production, thereby potentially reducing the rate of spread and recruitment. To test the host specificity of A. tri ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.09.016

20. Alleviation of acetic acid production during mass rearing of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Author:
Jang, E.B.; Chan, H.T. Jr.
Source:
Journal of economic entomology 1993 v.86 no.2 pp. 301-309
ISSN:
0022-0493
Subject:
Ceratitis capitata; mass rearing; plant pests; acetic acid; bacteria; decontamination; microbial contamination; oxytetracycline; pasteurization; pH; streptomycin; diet study techniques
Abstract:
... Acetic acid production in larval diets for the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), was suppressed to levels below OSHA permissible exposure limits using a combined treatment of pasteurization and antibiotics (oxytetracycline and streptomycin). Acetobacter spp., Gluconobacter oxydans, and Zymomonas mobilis strains were identified as the major bacteria responsible for acetic aci ...
DOI:
10.1093/jee/86.2.301

21. An Alternative source of blood protein for screwworm (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larval diet

Author:
Chaudhury, M.F.; Alvarez, L.A.; Welch, J.B.
Source:
Journal of economic entomology 1998 v.91 no.6 pp. 1397-1400
ISSN:
0022-0493
Subject:
eclosion; Cochliomyia hominivorax; longevity; artificial diets; fecundity; sex ratio; nutritive value; dried eggs; blood cells; mass rearing; larvae; milk substitutes; biological development
Abstract:
... Larvae of screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), were reared on diets with varying concentrations of spray dried animal blood cells, spray dried inedible egg product, and powdered milk substitute, and compared with those reared on spray dried whole bovine blood-based diet currently used for mass rearing mean larval weight, pupal weight, number of pupae, adult emergence, sex ratio, longevit ...
DOI:
10.1093/jee/91.6.1397
PubMed:
9887683

22. Analyzing the Mass-Rearing System of the California Red Scale Parasitoid Aphytis melinus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

Author:
Jose E. Gonzalez-Zamora; Maria L. Castillo
Source:
Florida entomologist 2018 v.101 no.3 pp. 399-403
ISSN:
1938-5102
Subject:
Aonidiella aurantii; Aphytis melinus; Aspidiotus nerii; Cucurbita moschata; adults; alternative hosts; cages; honey; mass rearing; parasitism; parasitoids; squashes
Abstract:
... Results from studies to improve mass rearing production of the parasitoid Aphytis melinus De Bach (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) are presented. Parasitoid production was carried out following standard commercial procedures using an alternative host, Aspidiotus nerii Bouché (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), infesting Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne) (Cucurbitaceae), butternut squash. We found that the initial num ...
DOI:
10.1653/024.101.0318

23. Anastrepha obliqua (Diptera: Tephritidae) mass-rearing: effect of relaxed colony management

Author:
Dina Orozco-Dávila; Trinidad Artiaga-López; Ma. Del Refugio Hernández; Julio Domínguez; Emilio Hernández
Source:
International journal of tropical insect science 2014 v.34 no.S1 pp. S19
ISSN:
1742-7592
Subject:
Anastrepha obliqua; cages; diet; eggs; fecundity; females; imagos; larvae; males; mass rearing; pupae; pupation
Abstract:
... In this study, the effects of relaxed mass-rearing conditions on Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart) production and quality were determined. Relaxed rearing conditions were defined by a reduction in the density of adult flies, from 80,000 to 60,000 flies per mass-rearing cage, and a reduction in the density of larvae, from 6.18 to 3.70 eggs/g of diet. In the parental generation, flies reared under relax ...
DOI:
10.1017/S1742758414000058

24. Animal Virus Ecology and Evolution Are Shaped by the Virus Host-Body Infiltration and Colonization Pattern

Author:
Jan Slingenbergh
Source:
Pathogens 2019 v.8 no.2 pp. -
ISSN:
2076-0817
Subject:
DNA; RNA; Retroviridae; animal viruses; evolution; genome; horses; host specificity; mass rearing; pandemic; poultry; ruminants; swine; virus transmission; viruses
Abstract:
... The current classification of animal viruses is largely based on the virus molecular world. Less attention is given to why and how virus fitness results from the success of virus transmission. Virus transmission reflects the infection-shedding-transmission dynamics, and with it, the organ system involvement and other, macroscopic dimensions of the host environment. This study describes the transmi ...
DOI:
10.3390/pathogens8020072
PubMed:
31130619
PubMed Central:
PMC6631033

25. The Anopheles arabiensis genetic sexing strain ANO IPCL1 and its application potential for the sterile insect technique in integrated vector management programmes

Author:
Hanano Yamada; Marc J.B. Vreysen; Kostas Bourtzis; Wolfgang Tschirk; Dave D. Chadee; Jeremie R.L. Gilles
Source:
Acta tropica 2015 v.142 pp. 138-144
ISSN:
0001-706X
Subject:
Anopheles arabiensis; bioaccumulation; dieldrin; eggs; females; food chain; larvae; males; mass rearing; mutation; sex determination analysis; sterile insect technique
Abstract:
... The Anopheles arabiensis genetic sexing strain ANO IPCL1 was developed based on a dieldrin resistant mutation. The strain has been shown to be practical and reliable in terms of female elimination by dieldrin treatments at larval stages, but has provided some difficulties when treatments were applied at the egg stage. The high natural sterility of this strain has advantages and disadvantages in bo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.11.013

26. Antifungal Agents Against Aspergillus niger for Rearing Rice Leaffolder Larvae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on Artificial Diet

Author:
Su Jianya; Wang Ye-Cheng; Zhang Shu-Kun; Ren Xiu-Bei
Source:
Journal of economic entomology 2014 v.107 no.3 pp. 1092-1100
ISSN:
0022-0493
Subject:
Aspergillus niger; Cnaphalocrocis medinalis; Pyralidae; artificial diets; azoxystrobin; food preservatives; insects; larvae; mass rearing; methylparaben; natamycin; neonates; sorbic acid; tebuconazole
Abstract:
... Mold contamination is an important issue in insect mass rearing. Frequently used antifungal agents such as sorbic acid and methylparaben have negative impact on many lepidopteran larvae, which might be one of the reasons for the difficulty in rearing rice leaffolder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Güenée). In this study, 19 antifungal agents, including 7 food preservatives, 6 antifungal drugs, and 6 ag ...

27. Antipredator behavior of the new mass-reared unisexual strain of the Mexican Fruit Fly

Author:
G. I. González-López; D. Rao; F. Díaz-Fleischer; D. Orozco-Dávila; D. Pérez-Staples
Source:
Bulletin of entomological research 2016 v.106 no.3 pp. 314-321
ISSN:
1475-2670
Subject:
Anastrepha ludens; Citrus; Phidippus audax; Tetragnathidae; adults; antipredatory behavior; females; irradiation; males; mass rearing; pests; predators; probability; sexual maturity; sterile insect technique; survival rate
Abstract:
... Tephritid pests controlled through the sterile insect technique (SIT) are mass-reared and subsequently released in affected areas. Several quality parameters are currently used to test adults, but none take into account interactions with a predator. When sterile males are released in the field, they will need to avoid predators until they reach sexual maturity and survive long enough to mate with ...
DOI:
10.1017/S0007485315000966
PubMed:
26640068

28. Application of Nuclear Techniques to Improve the Mass Production and Management of Fruit Fly Parasitoids

Author:
Jorge Cancino; Lía Ruíz; Mariana Viscarret; John Sivinski; Jorge Hendrichs
Source:
Insects 2012 v.3 no.4 pp. 1105-1125
ISSN:
2075-4450
Subject:
Tephritidae; biological control; eggs; fecundity; flight; fruit flies; hosts; irradiation; larvae; longevity; mass rearing; natural enemies; parasitoids; pupae; wasps
Abstract:
... The use of irradiated hosts in mass rearing tephritid parasitoids represents an important technical advance in fruit fly augmentative biological control. Irradiation assures that fly emergence is avoided in non-parasitized hosts, while at the same time it has no appreciable effect on parasitoid quality, i.e., fecundity, longevity and flight capability. Parasitoids of fruit fly eggs, larvae and pup ...
DOI:
10.3390/insects3041105
PubMed:
26466729
PubMed Central:
PMC4553566

29. Appropriate number of inoculated eggs for mass-rearing the West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Author:
Chihiro Himuro; Norikuni Kumano; Atsushi Honma; Yusuke Ikegawa; Tsuyoshi Ohishi
Source:
Applied entomology and zoology 2018 v.53 no.1 pp. 157-164
ISSN:
0003-6862
Subject:
Cylas formicarius elegantulus; Euscepes postfasciatus; adults; body size; eggs; females; mass rearing; progeny; sterile insect technique
Abstract:
... It is necessary to establish an economical mass-rearing system for the West Indian sweet potato weevil Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire) so that large numbers can be created for use in the sterile insect technique (SIT) to control wild infestations. Both the quality of offspring and the number of adult weevils produced are important. As an adult female with a dry weight of less than 1.4 mg has an ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13355-017-0536-6

30. Aptitud Biológica de Tamarixia triozae Mediada por la Planta Hospedera

Author:
Salvador Hernández-Moreno; Alejandro Pérez-Panduro; J. Refugio Lomeli-Flores; Esteban Rodríguez-Leyva; Graciela Bueno-Aguilar; Juan Cibrián Tovar
Source:
Southwestern entomologist 2017 v.42 no.1 pp. 225-236
ISSN:
0147-1724
Subject:
Psyllidae; Tamarixia triozae; biological control; females; herbivores; host plants; longevity; mass rearing; models; natural enemies; nymphs; parasitism; parasitoids; sex ratio; tomatoes; trophic levels
Abstract:
... Host plants mediate interactions between herbivores and natural enemies and studying such interactions with a tritrophic perspective is useful to understand and optimize pest biocontrol strategies. To evaluate the influence of two different host plants on the parasitoid performance, the model Solanaceus plants-Bactericera cockerelli-Tamarixia triozae was used. The variables parasitism and host fee ...
DOI:
10.3958/059.042.0115

31. Are individuals from thelytokous and arrhenotokous populations equally adept as biocontrol agents? Orientation and host searching behavior of a fruit fly parasitoid

Author:
Ricardo Ramirez-Romero; J. Sivinski; C. S. Copeland; M. Aluja
Source:
BioControl 2012 v.57 no.3 pp. 427-440
ISSN:
1386-6141
Subject:
Figitidae; arrhenotoky; biological control; biological control agents; eggs; females; fruit flies; guavas; hosts; larvae; males; mass rearing; parasitoids; searching behavior; thelytoky
Abstract:
... Hymenopteran parasitoids generally reproduce by arrhenotoky, in which males develop from unfertilized eggs and females from fertilized eggs. A minority reproduce by thelytoky, in which all-female broods are derived from unfertilized eggs. Thelytokous populations are potentially of interest for augmentative biological control programs since the exclusive production of females could significantly lo ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10526-011-9413-3

32. Area-wide releases and evaluation of the parasitoid Eretmocerus hayati (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) for silverleaf whitefly control

Author:
V. Sivasubramaniam; S. Subramaniam
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2015 no.1105 pp. 81-88
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
Bemisia argentifolii; Eretmocerus; crops; cucumbers; eggplants; farms; green beans; growers; horticulture; integrated pest management; mass rearing; melons; parasitism; parasitoids; pumpkins; quarantine; research management; research programs; tomatoes; weed hosts; Queensland
Abstract:
... Silverleaf whitefly (SLW), Bemisia tabaci biotype B, is a major horticultural pest that costs Queensland vegetable growers millions of dollars in lost production and control measures each year. In the Bowen and Burdekin districts of North Queensland, the major cultivated SLW host crops are tomatoes, melons, green beans, pumpkins, eggplants, and cucumbers, which cover a total production area of app ...
DOI:
10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1105.12

33. Arthropod diet delivery system

Author:
Cohen, A.C.; Smith ,R.A.; Harsh, D.K.
Source:
United States Department of Agriculture patents 2003 no.US 6,550,419 B2 pp. -
Subject:
arthropods; Arthropoda; feeding methods; artificial diets; artificial membranes; oviposition sites; mass rearing; patents; USDA; United States
Abstract:
... The present invention is directed to an improved system for the packaging, presentation, and delivery of a semi-solid arthropod diet, for the feeding or oviposition of arthropods. The arthropod diet delivery system of the invention has a diet-filled reservoir covered with a stretchable membrane, wherein the reservoir membrane has a plurality of stretched, thinned outwardly projecting areas thereon ...
Handle:
10113/6443

34. Artificial Diet Optimized to Produce Normative Adults of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Author:
Lapointe, Stephen L.; Evens, Terence J.; Niedz, Randall P.; Hall, David G.
Source:
Environmental entomology 2010 v.39 no.2 pp. 670-677
ISSN:
0046-225X
Subject:
insect growth; insect pests; salts; experimental design; body weight; cellulose; response surface methodology; liveweight gain; mass rearing; wheat germ; mortality; Diaprepes abbreviatus; feed rations; ingredients; cottonseed meal; vitamin supplements; insect rearing; Florida
Abstract:
... The root weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus L. has been continuously reared since 1992 on an artificial diet (F1675) first reported in 1982. The weight of weevils reared on F1675 was more than twice as great as field-collected individuals. Recently, several ingredients included in the original F1675 diet were shown to have little or no effect on insect performance. We examined the effects of varying thr ...
Handle:
10113/42532
DOI:
10.1603/EN09304
PubMed:
20388301

35. Artificial diet and rearing methods for the Melaleuca quinquenervia (Myrtales: Myrtaceae) biological control agent oxyops vitiosa (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Author:
Wheeler, G.S.; Zahniser, J.
Source:
Florida entomologist 2001 v.84 no.3 pp. 439-441
ISSN:
0015-4040
Subject:
Curculionidae; biological control agents; mass rearing; artificial diets; mortality; biological development; Melaleuca quinquenervia; woody weeds; weed control; biological control
Abstract:
... The laboratory colonies of the melaleuca herbivore O. vitiosa that were established on plants and those produced on artificial diets yielded a surplus of insects that were released at M. quinquenervia infested sites throughout south Florida. In the laboratory, we were able to rear O. vitiosa from egg hatch through to pupation on artificial diets modified with host plant tissues. The weight gain an ...
Handle:
10113/27291

36. Artificial diet based investigation on the impact of purified Cry1Ac, Cry1Fa and Cry2Ab on the survival and reproductive performance of adult green lacewing, Chrysopa pallens (Rambur) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)

Author:
Intazar Ali; Zhang Shuai; Asif Sajjad; Hafiz Mahmood ur Rehman; Cui Jin-Jie
Source:
Phytoparasitica 2018 v.46 no.1 pp. 127-135
ISSN:
0334-2123
Subject:
Bacillus thuringiensis; Chrysopa; Palearctic region; agroecosystems; artificial diets; beef; bioactive properties; bioassays; biological control agents; boric acid; commercialization; cropping systems; crops; crystal proteins; egg yolk; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; fecundity; liver; mass rearing; mortality; nontarget organisms; predators; protocols; reproductive performance; risk assessment; shrimp; sustainable agriculture; transgenic plants
Abstract:
... The green lacewing Chrysopa pallens (Rambur) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) is a common and abundant predator in many cropping systems in palearctic realm and it’s conservation is helpful in sustainable pest management in agro-ecosystem. Prior to commercialization of Bt crops in any agro- ecosystem, it is necessary to evaluate the impact of Cry proteins upon non-target organisms especially biological c ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12600-017-0633-7

37. Artificial diet development and its effect on the reproductive performances of Propylea japonica and Harmonia axyridis

Author:
Intazar Ali; Shuai Zhang; Jun-Yu Luo; Chun-Yi Wang; Li-Min Lv; Jin-Jie Cui
Source:
Journal of Asia-Pacific entomology 2016 v.19 no.2 pp. 289-293
ISSN:
1226-8615
Subject:
Acyrthosiphon pisum; Harmonia axyridis; Propylea; adults; artificial diets; beef; biological control; cost effectiveness; egg yolk; eggs; fecundity; females; greenhouses; liver; mass rearing; oviposition; pest management; predators; shrimp
Abstract:
... The use of augmentative biological controls in greenhouse pest management has increased the demand for predators. To meet demands, suitable artificial diets must be developed to enable fast and cost-effective mass rearing of predators. In this study, three artificial diets were developed and their suitability for immature development and survival of Japanese ladybird Propylea japonica (Thunberg) a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aspen.2016.03.005

38. Artificial diet for massproduction of Mallada basalis (Walker) for control agricultural pests in screen houses

Author:
Lo, Paul Kang-Chen; Lee, Wen-Tai; Lu, Chiu-Tung; Yu, Jih-Zu
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2002 v. no.578 pp. 201-205
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
Tetranychidae; cannibalism; Mallada; artificial diets; larvae; eggs; paper; Corcyra cephalonica; food availability; lacewings; mass rearing; biological control; temperature; leafminers; Aphis glycines; muskmelons; females; adults; Aleyrodidae
Abstract:
... A prototypical machine with control of temperature, pressure and fluid level was set up to make microcapsulated artificial diets for mass rearing of Mallada basalis (Walker). Microcapsules about 396±48μm in diameter and 10μm in thickness were produced with 90% success. When M. basalis larvae were reared with the microcapsulated artificial diets modified from Hassan and Hagen’s formula, 90% of indi ...
DOI:
10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.578.24

39. Artificial diet significantly enhance fitness and be applicable in mass-rearing of Ephestia elutella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Author:
Xiu-Qin Wang; Ali Güncan; Hou-Ding Ou; Hao-Xi Li; Lan Wei; Mao-Fa Yang
Source:
Crop protection 2021 v.147 pp. 105684
ISSN:
0261-2194
Subject:
Ephestia elutella; Habrobracon hebetor; adults; artificial diets; fecundity; instars; life tables; longevity; mass rearing; parasitoids; plant protection; tobacco
Abstract:
... Ephestia elutella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is a cosmopolitan and polyphagous pest attack a wide variety of stored products. To better understand the effect of an artificial diet and tobacco leaves on mass-rearing performance of E. elutella, the developmental times of preadult and adult stages, total longevity, reproduction, and life table parameters were analyzed from the data gathered from indivi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cropro.2021.105684

40. Artificial diets determine fatty acid composition in edible Ruspolia differens (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

Author:
Karlmax Rutaro; Geoffrey M. Malinga; Robert Opoke; Vilma J. Lehtovaara; Francis Omujal; Philip Nyeko; Heikki Roininen; Anu Valtonen
Source:
Journal of Asia-Pacific entomology 2018 v.21 no.4 pp. 1342-1349
ISSN:
1226-8615
Subject:
Eleusine coracana; Tettigoniidae; artificial diets; edible insects; fatty acid composition; fatty acid methyl esters; feeds; gas chromatography; linoleic acid; mass rearing; polyunsaturated fatty acids; rice; shea butter; transesterification; wheat bran; Uganda
Abstract:
... There are increasing interests in rearing edible insects in Africa, but information on how the feeds modify their fatty acids is largely lacking. In this work, the influence of artificial diets on the fatty acid contents and composition in the edible Ruspolia differens (Serville, 1838), in Uganda was assessed. R. differens was reared on the mixtures of six gradually diversified diets of two, three ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aspen.2018.10.011

41. Artificial diets for arthropods

Author:
Cohen, A.C.
Source:
United States Department of Agriculture patents 2001 no.US 6,235,528 B1 pp. -
Subject:
insect pests; animal parasites and pests; phytophagous insects; cooked foods; artificial diets; patents; USDA; predatory arthropods; plant pests; mass rearing; insect control; eggs; insect rearing; biological control; United States
Abstract:
... Improved artificial diets or growth media are described which are suitable for rearing large numbers of viable and biologically fit arthropods, including zoophagous arthropods and phytophagous arthropods, including facultatively zoophagous arthropods. In a first embodiment, the growth medium is composed of a mixture of cooked egg, liquid, and carbohydrate source. In a second embodiment, the growth ...
Handle:
10113/6292

42. Artificial diets for arthropods

Source:
United States Department of Agriculture patents 2003 no.US 6,506,597 B2 pp. -
Subject:
arthropods; artificial diets; growing media; chemical composition; dietary nutrient sources; mass rearing; patents; USDA; United States
Abstract:
... Improved artificial diets or growth media are described which are suitable for rearing large numbers of viable and biologically fit arthropods, including zoophagous arthropods and phytophagous arthropods, including facultatively zoophagous arthropods. In a first embodiment, the growth medium is composed of a mixture of cooked egg, liquid, and carbohydrate source. In a second embodiment, the growth ...
Handle:
10113/6543

43. Artificial diets for rearing the coconut hispine beetle, Brontispa longissima (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), and their suitability to two specialist parasitoids

Author:
R.T. Ichiki; M. Murata; S. Takano; T.T. Oo; H.T. Nguyen; W. Suasa-ard; S. Uraichuen; S. Nakamura
Source:
Biocontrol science and technology 2011 v.21 no.12 pp. 1423-1435
ISSN:
1360-0478
Subject:
Brontispa longissima; Cocos nucifera; Dactylis glomerata; Tetrastichus; adulthood; adults; artificial diets; coconuts; egg hatchability; endoparasitoids; fecundity; fronds; grasses; hatching; hosts; insect development; insect larvae; insect rearing; insects; invasive species; leaves; mass rearing; oviposition; plant growth; powders; pupae; survival rate; South East Asia
Abstract:
... The coconut hispine beetle, Brontispa longissima (Gestro), is a serious invasive pest that infests young unopened fronds of coconut palms (Cocos nucifera L.) in Southeast Asia. We previously developed the first artificial diet for rearing B. longissima larvae, which contained a leaf powder of young coconut fronds. Because the fronds are required for healthy growth of coconut palms, it is necessary ...
DOI:
10.1080/09583157.2011.632077

44. Artificial diets used in mass production of the New World screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax

Author:
H. Chen; M. F. Chaudhury; A. Sagel; P. L. Phillips; S. R. Skoda
Source:
Journal of applied entomology 2014 v.138 no.9 pp. 708-714
ISSN:
0931-2048
Subject:
Cochliomyia hominivorax; adults; artificial diets; larvae; mass rearing; nutrition research; phagostimulants; protein sources; research and development; sterile insect technique; wastes; Mexico; Panama; United States
Abstract:
... The New World screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), has been eradicated from North and Central America using the sterile insect technique. This success has been based on mass production of high‐quality screwworms using artificial diets since 1958. Many diet formulations for both larvae and adults have been developed, mainly driven by cost efficiency and material s ...
DOI:
10.1111/jen.12112

45. Artificial media for rearing entomophages comprising cooked, whole egg

Author:
Cohen, A.C.
Source:
United States Department of Agriculture patents 1998 no.5,834,177 pp. -
Subject:
plant pests; insect pests; insect control; biological control; predatory insects; parasitoids; insect rearing; insect nutrition; culture media; eggs; mass rearing; patents; USDA; United States
Abstract:
... An improved artificial diet or growth medium for rearing entomophages (predatory arthropods and parasitic insects). The growth medium is composed of a mixture of (a) an adherent, fibrous retention substrate, (b) a protein-lipid paste, and (c) a liquid, and provides nutrients in a stabilized form in amounts and proportions effective to support growth of entomophages. An exemplary formulation is a m ...
Handle:
10113/5857

46. Artificial media for rearing entomophages comprising sticky, cooked whole egg

Author:
Cohen, A.C.
Source:
United States Department of Agriculture patents 1999 no.5,945,271 pp. -
Subject:
insect nutrition; predatory insects; phytophagous insects; artificial diets; biological control agents; bait traps; plant pests; mass rearing; insect traps; insect control; insect rearing; United States
Abstract:
... An improved artificial diet or growth medium for rearing entomophages (predatory arthropods and parasitic insects). The diet also finds use as a bait and feeding stimulant for entomophages, and as use as a supplement for artificial diets for phytophagous pests that also display some insect consumption. The growth medium is composed of a mixture of (a) an adherent, fibrous retention substrate, (b) ...
Handle:
10113/5907

47. Artificial rearing of the peach fruit fly Bactrocera zonata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Author:
P. Sookar; M. Alleck; N. Ahseek; S. Permalloo; S Bhagwant; C.L. Chang
Source:
International journal of tropical insect science 2014 v.34 no.S1 pp. S99
ISSN:
1742-7592
Subject:
Bactrocera zonata; adults; artificial rearing; benzoic acid; brewers yeast; cages; chemical control; corn; diet; eggs; fecundity; flight; fruit flies; fruit juices; guavas; larvae; male sterility; mangoes; mass rearing; oviposition; peaches; protocols; pupae; pupation; quality control; sand; sterile insect technique; sugarcane; sugarcane bagasse; sugars; vermiculite; wastes; wheat bran
Abstract:
... Integration of the sterile insect technique (SIT) into the area-wide management of the peach fruit fly Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) is a promising alternative to the localized use of chemical control tactics. Implementation of the SIT requires adequate numbers of sterile male insects that are produced in large mass-rearing facilities. The present study was carried out to improve the rearing method ...
DOI:
10.1017/S1742758414000125

48. Artificial selection on mating competitiveness of Anastrepha ludens for sterile insect technique application

Author:
Mayren Sánchez‐Rosario; Diana Pérez‐Staples; Jorge Toledo; Javier Valle‐Mora; Pablo Liedo
Source:
Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 2017 v.162 no.2 pp. 133-147
ISSN:
0013-8703
Subject:
Anastrepha ludens; artificial selection; copulation; fecundity; females; fruit flies; lekking; life history; male sterility; males; mass rearing; mating competitiveness; mating systems; progeny; reproductive success; sterile insect technique; variance
Abstract:
... The sterile insect technique (SIT) has been applied successfully for the control of several fruit fly species of economic importance. In species with lek mating systems, as in the Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens (Loew) (Diptera: Tephritidae) – where the variance in male mating success is high, males have to compete with other males, and where wild females are highly selective – the success of ...
DOI:
10.1111/eea.12540

49. Assessing the effects of gut bacteria manipulation on the development of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera; Tephritidae)

Author:
Kanjana Khaeso; Awawing A. Andongma; Mazarin Akami; Biangkham Souliyanonh; Jian Zhu; Patcharin Krutmuang; Chang-Ying Niu
Source:
Symbiosis 2018 v.74 no.2 pp. 97-105
ISSN:
0334-5114
Subject:
Actinobacteria; Bacteroidetes; Bactrocera dorsalis; Enterococcus; Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis; Proteobacteria; bacteria; cost effectiveness; dietary supplements; digestive system; hosts; insects; intestinal microorganisms; larvae; mass rearing; microsymbionts; pupae; sterile insect technique; symbiosis
Abstract:
... Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a serious menace to agricultural production worldwide. In order to prevent further damage, it is of paramount important that cost-effective strategies should be developed for their management. Gut bacteria has established diverse relationships with their insect hosts, which could be exploited in pest management programs to improve on control efficiency ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13199-017-0493-4

50. Assessing the quality of mass-reared codling moths (Lepidoptera: torticidae) by using field release-recapture tests

Author:
Bloem, S.; Bloem, K.A.; Knight, A.L.
Source:
Journal of economic entomology 1998 v.91 no.5 pp. 1122-1130
ISSN:
0022-0493
Subject:
sterile insect technique; mark-recapture studies; trapping; ambient temperature; diapause; mass rearing; seasonal variation; Cydia pomonella
Abstract:
... Following small-scale field releases of sterile, mass-reared codling moths, Cydia pomonella (L.), in the spring of 1995, significantly higher numbers of adults originating from larvae that had been induced into diapause were recaptured in passive interception traps compared with standard (nondiapaused) colony moths reared under either constant or fluctuating temperatures. When releases were made i ...
DOI:
10.1093/jee/91.5.1122