Studies on the legume pod-borer, Maruca testulalis (Geyer)—II: Mass-rearing on natural food

Autor:	J. B. Okeyo-Owuor, Z. T. Dabrowski, R. S. Ochieng
Rok vydání:	1981
Předmět:	Toxicology Larva animal structures Agronomy Natural food Insect Science fungi Legume Pod food and beverages Maruca testulalis Biology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Legume
Zdroj:	International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. 1:269-272
ISSN:	1742-7592 1742-7584
DOI:	10.1017/s1742758400000515
Popis:	A procedure has been developed which allows production of 75,000 eggs per month of the legume pod-borer, Maruca testulalis (Geyer). More than 170 eggs per moth were obtained. The optimal number of moths placed in the mass oviposition cage having potted cowpea plants was 30. The average life-span of the moths was 7.7 and 9.5 days for females and males, respectively. The optimal number of larvae in the rearing box was 50: larval survival declined sharply above a density of 50 per box.
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