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Impact of humidity on the biological development of aphidoletes aphidimyza (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

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Le Goff, Guillaume [UCL] Nicolas, Aurore [UCL] Al Mohamad, Raki [UCL] Hance, Thierry [UCL]

Aphidoletes aphidimyza Rondani (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) is one of the most important predators used in the augmentative biological control of aphids worldwide. However, due to its particular life history, mass rearing A. aphidimyza remains difficult. Our results show that a high relative humidity level during pupation optimizes the development of A. aphidimyza. By improving humidity levels during pupae storage, we improved the production efficiency and nearly achieved a 100% adult emergence rate. These results allow us to suggest a new rearing method for the aphid predator A. aphidimyza.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2016
Language Anglais
Journal information "Journal of Economic Entomology" - , p. 1-5 (2016)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher American Association of Economic Entomologists
issn 0022-0493
e-issn 1938-291X
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SST/ELI/ELIB - Biodiversity
Keywords Aphidoletes aphidimyza ; humidity ; rearing method ; life cycle ; 3123
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Bibliographic reference Le Goff, Guillaume ; Nicolas, Aurore ; Al Mohamad, Raki ; Hance, Thierry. Impact of humidity on the biological development of aphidoletes aphidimyza (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). In: Journal of Economic Entomology, , p. 1-5 (2016)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/174054