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Improvements in mass-rearing of the Philippines fruit fly Bactrocera philippinensis (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2014

Sotero S. Resilva  and
Glenda B. Obra
Sotero S. Resilva*
Affiliation:
Philippine Nuclear Research Institute, Commonwealth Ave., Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
Glenda B. Obra
Affiliation:
Philippine Nuclear Research Institute, Commonwealth Ave., Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
*
*E-mail: ssresilva@yahoo.com
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Abstract

In this study, new methods to improve the mass production of the Philippines fruit fly Bactrocera philippinensis Drew & Hancock were assessed. A new adult screen cage equipped with perforated egging tubes was designed. The replacement of sweet potato with sugarcane bagasse, rice straw or powdered corn as an alternative bulking agent in the standard artificial larval diet was found to lead to positive results in large-scale rearing. Rearing protocols and product quality control procedures for egg incubation, sieving of pupae and pupal holding were examined. The adoption of these new rearing procedures at low cost was found to increase the production of the Philippines fruit fly in a mass-rearing facility without reducing the fitness of the insect.

Keywords

Bactrocera philippinensisbulking agentsugarcane bagassesweet potato–rice bran dietadult rearing cagequality control
Type
Research Papers
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 34 , Issue S1 , November 2014 , pp. S45 - S52
Copyright
Copyright © ICIPE 2014 

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