Mass-rearing of Mediterranean fruit fly using low-cost yeast products produced in Brazil



Document title: Mass-rearing of Mediterranean fruit fly using low-cost yeast products produced in Brazil
Journal: Scientia agricola
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000356928
ISSN: 0103-9016
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal da Bahia, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Salvador, Bahia. Brasil
2Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Departamento de Ciencias da Vida, Salvador, Bahia. Brasil
3Biofabrica Moscamed Brasil, Juazeiro, Bahia. Brasil
4Universidade Federal do Reconcavo da Bahia, Centro de Ciencias da Saude, Santo Antonio de Jesus, Bahia. Brasil
5Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo. Brasil
6Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Semi-Arido, Petrolina, Pernambuco. Brasil
7Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Mandioca e Fruticultura Tropical, Cruz das Almas, Bahia. Brasil
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Season: Nov-Dic
Volumen: 69
Number: 6
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, analítico
English abstract Ceratitis capitata is one of the most important pests of fruits for exportation, and Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) has been the most efficient and environmental friendly technique used to control fruit fly populations around the world. A key goal in achieving a successful SIT program is a mass rearing system producing high quality insects at low cost. Providing adults with an artificial diet containing hydrolysed protein has been the major obstacle for bio-production facilities in Brazil, because it is expensive and has to be imported. Two other commercial products, autolysed yeast (AY) and yeast extract (YE), of domestic origin and low cost, were tested as substitutes of the imported hydrolyzed protein. To compare their efficiency we observed the female fecundity, adult survival and egg viability of flies raised on diets containing one of each of the different protein products. Flies reared on the domestic yeast products had equivalent or superior performance to the flies reared on imported protein. Both AY and YE can be a possible substitute for imported hydrolyzed protein for C. capitata mass-rearing, as they are cheaper and are readily available in the national market
Disciplines: Agrociencias
Keyword: Fitopatología,
Insectos,
Frutas,
Mosca de la fruta,
Ceratitis capitata,
Dietas artificiales,
Proteínas,
Levaduras
Keyword: Agricultural sciences,
Phytopathology,
Insects,
Fruits,
Fruit fly,
Ceratitis capitata,
Artificial diets,
Proteins,
Yeasts
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