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Development of a larval diet for the South American fruit fly Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2014

M. Teresa Vera ,
Andrea Oviedo ,
Solana Abraham ,
M. Josefina Ruiz ,
M. Mendoza ,
Chiou Ling Chang  and
Eduardo Willink
M. Teresa Vera*
Affiliation:
Sección Zoología Agrícola, Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres, Tucumán, Argentina CONICET, Tucumán, Argentina
Andrea Oviedo
Affiliation:
Sección Zoología Agrícola, Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres, Tucumán, Argentina
Solana Abraham
Affiliation:
Sección Zoología Agrícola, Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres, Tucumán, Argentina CONICET, Tucumán, Argentina
M. Josefina Ruiz
Affiliation:
Sección Zoología Agrícola, Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres, Tucumán, Argentina CONICET, Tucumán, Argentina
M. Mendoza
Affiliation:
Sección Zoología Agrícola, Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres, Tucumán, Argentina
Chiou Ling Chang
Affiliation:
USDA-ARS-DKI-USPBARC, Hilo, HI, USA
Eduardo Willink
Affiliation:
Sección Zoología Agrícola, Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres, Tucumán, Argentina
*
*E-mail: teretina@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Mass-rearing protocols must be developed, in particular, a cost-effective larval diet, to implement the sterile insect technique against Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann). The key elements of this diet are the optimal nutrients and their concentrations, diet supports or bulking agents, and the pH of the diet. To improve the currently used formulation and develop a more cost-effective diet, in the present study, we evaluated various supports, sugar contents, nutrient proportions and pH levels. Egg-to-pupa recovery was found to increase when agar was replaced with sponge cloth in the diet. Although low, the recovery values obtained when using the sugarcane bagasse-based diet were similar to those obtained when using the agar-based diet, but the percentage of adult emergence was lower. Larval viability was found to increase when the amount of sugar in the diet was doubled. Yet, it is still necessary to evaluate this diet on a larger scale and determine the feasibility of reusing the sponge cloth to reduce the costs of larval diets.

Keywords

mass-rearingbulking agentliquid dietsterile insect techniqueartificial dietAnastrepha fraterculus
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Research Papers
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 34 , Issue S1 , November 2014 , pp. S73 - S81
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Copyright © ICIPE 2014 

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