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Developing an artificial diet for rearing Orius albidipennis Reuter (Het., Anthocoridae)
- Source :
- Journal of Plant Protection Research, Vol 58, Iss 3, Pp 276-281 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Polish Academy of Sciences Chancellery, 2023.
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Abstract
- The use of suitable mass rearing methods is crucial to establish successful inundative or inoculative biological control programs. The development of an artificial diet considerably reduces costs of mass rearing. In this study, the efficacy of a new meridic artificial diet for rearing the predatory bug, Orius albidipennis (Het., Anthocoridae), was studied. The artificial diet was composed of some natural materials including lamb liver, hen yolk, whey protein, honey, royal jelly and some specific vitamins. To determine the artificial diet efficacy life table parameters of the bugs, using the two-sex life table method, fed artificial and factitious diets, Ephestia kuehniella egg + date palm pollen, were compared. Results showed that O. albidipennis could complete its life stages and reproduce when reared on the recommended artificial diet. However, its fecundity and survival rate when fed the artificial diet was lower than the controls. Overall, due to lower production costs the artificial diet can be recommended for mass rearing of O. albidipennis despite the lower fecundity and survival rate.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Biological pest control
biological control
Soil Science
Zoology
Plant Science
Biology
medicine.disease_cause
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Anthocoridae
SB1-1110
Predation
anthocorid bugs
meridic diet
Pollen
medicine
Orius albidipennis
Natural enemies
Plant culture
Fecundity
biology.organism_classification
mass rearing
010602 entomology
Agronomy and Crop Science
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1899007X and 14274345
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Plant Protection Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....599a5d191ecdebfa2ae4b93902cb36b3