Comparison of Gel Larval Diet With Traditional Lucerne Chaff and Carrot Solid Diets for Rearing of Queensland Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae).
| Title: | Comparison of Gel Larval Diet With Traditional Lucerne Chaff and Carrot Solid Diets for Rearing of Queensland Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae). |
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| Authors: | Mainali BP; Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.; Moadeli T; Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.; Ponton F; Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.; Taylor PW; Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia. |
| Source: | Journal of economic entomology [J Econ Entomol] 2019 Sep 23; Vol. 112 (5), pp. 2278-2286. |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 2985127R Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1938-291X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00220493 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Econ Entomol Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2015- : Oxford : Oxford University Press; Original Publication: College Park Md : Entomological Society of America |
| MeSH Terms: | Daucus carota* ; Tephritidae*; Animals ; Australia ; Diet ; Larva ; Medicago sativa |
| Abstract: | Sterile insect technique (SIT) for Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni Froggatt, Australia's most economically damaging fruit fly species, is currently undergoing a major renewal and expansion. SIT relies on efficient and economical mass-rearing procedures that produce high-quality flies. Two solid larval diets, carrot and lucerne chaff, have traditionally been used to rear Queensland fruit fly. Recently, a gel larval diet has been developed to eliminate biological bulking agents from the mass-rearing process, but to date, there has been no direct comparison of gel larval diet with traditional solid diets. In the present study, the performance of flies reared on gel larval diet was compared with the performance of flies reared on carrot and lucerne chaff diets. In addition, to investigate whether the performance of reared flies depends on ancestral diet as well as tested diet, we sourced eggs from a colony maintained on carrot diet and from a colony maintained on a lucerne chaff diet. Overall, the gel diet was as good or better than the solid diets in all quality control parameters, including, egg-larval duration, pupal number, pupal recovery, adult emergence, percentage of fliers, and rate of fliers. Of note, larvae developed faster and pupated more synchronously on the gel diet than on either of the solid diets. At the loading densities used, gel and carrot diets produced less waste than lucerne chaff diet. Gel diets offer a rearing solution for Queensland fruit fly that eliminates biological bulking agents and yields faster and more synchronous larval development without compromising productivity or quality.; (© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.) |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: sterile insect technique; flight ability; fly emergence; mass rearing; pupal recovery |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20190530 Date Completed: 20191216 Latest Revision: 20191217 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jee/toz140 |
| PMID: | 31139832 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't