National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China.
J Insect Sci. 2007;7:35. doi: 10.1673/031.007.3501.
The impact of a tapioca-based artificial diet on the developmental rate, life history parameters, and fertility was examined over five consecutive generations for the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera Hubner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a highly polyphagous pest of many agricultural crops. The study showed that when fed the tapioca-based artificial diet during larval stage, larval and pupal developmental period, percent pupating, pupal weight, emergence rate of male and female, longevity, fecundity and hatching were non-significantly different than that of the control agar-based artificial diet. Moreover, the cost to rear on tapioca-based diet approached 2.13 times less than the cost of rearing on the agar-based artificial diet. These results demonstrate the effectiveness and potential cost savings of the tapioca-based artificial diet for rearing H. armigera.
研究了以木薯为基础的人工饲料对棉铃虫(Helicoverpa armigera Hubner)(鳞翅目:夜蛾科)连续五代的发育速度、生活史参数和繁殖力的影响,棉铃虫是许多农业作物的一种高度多食性害虫。研究表明,当幼虫期、蛹期和蛹期以木薯为基础的人工饲料喂养时,与对照琼脂为基础的人工饲料相比,幼虫和蛹的发育时间、化蛹率、蛹重、雌雄成虫的羽化率、寿命、繁殖力和孵化率均无显著差异。此外,以木薯为基础的饲料饲养的成本接近琼脂为基础的人工饲料饲养成本的 2.13 倍。这些结果表明,木薯为基础的人工饲料在饲养 H. armigera 方面是有效且具有潜在成本节约的。