Sugar as nutritional supplement for the zoophytophagous predator Nesidiocoris tenuis
Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Miridae) is a zoophytophagous predator widely used in integrated pest management programs in both greenhouse and open-field tomato crops. Mass rearing of N. tenuis is greatly dependent on Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) eggs as food source...
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| author | Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo Alonso-Valiente, Miquel Tena, Alejandro Bolckmans, Karel Urbaneja, Alberto |
| author_browse | Alonso-Valiente, Miquel Bolckmans, Karel Tena, Alejandro Urbaneja, Alberto Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo |
| author_facet | Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo Alonso-Valiente, Miquel Tena, Alejandro Bolckmans, Karel Urbaneja, Alberto |
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| description | Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Miridae) is a zoophytophagous predator widely used in integrated pest management programs in both greenhouse and open-field tomato crops. Mass rearing of N. tenuis is greatly dependent on Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) eggs as food source. Moreover, the addition of this factitious prey after the inoculative releases of N. tenuis under field conditions is recommended to facilitate establishment of this mirid. However, E. kuehniella eggs are expensive and availability is limited. One possible strategy to reduce the amount of E. kuehniella eggs needed is the provision of sugar. In this work, the effect of sucrose as nutritional supplement on selected life-history traits of N. tenuis was studied. The addition of sucrose (0.5 M) ad libitum to a diet of E. kuehniella eggs significantly increased the progeny of N. tenuis and did not affect survival of nymphs nor developmental time. Moreover, addition of sucrose significantly reduced the number of E. kuehniella eggs consumed. These results may have practical implications of interest in mass rearing systems of N. tenuis and its management in fields and greenhouses as a part of biological control programs. |
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| spelling | ReDivia46572025-04-25T14:44:06Z Sugar as nutritional supplement for the zoophytophagous predator Nesidiocoris tenuis Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo Alonso-Valiente, Miquel Tena, Alejandro Bolckmans, Karel Urbaneja, Alberto Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Miridae) is a zoophytophagous predator widely used in integrated pest management programs in both greenhouse and open-field tomato crops. Mass rearing of N. tenuis is greatly dependent on Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) eggs as food source. Moreover, the addition of this factitious prey after the inoculative releases of N. tenuis under field conditions is recommended to facilitate establishment of this mirid. However, E. kuehniella eggs are expensive and availability is limited. One possible strategy to reduce the amount of E. kuehniella eggs needed is the provision of sugar. In this work, the effect of sucrose as nutritional supplement on selected life-history traits of N. tenuis was studied. The addition of sucrose (0.5 M) ad libitum to a diet of E. kuehniella eggs significantly increased the progeny of N. tenuis and did not affect survival of nymphs nor developmental time. Moreover, addition of sucrose significantly reduced the number of E. kuehniella eggs consumed. These results may have practical implications of interest in mass rearing systems of N. tenuis and its management in fields and greenhouses as a part of biological control programs. 2017-06-01T10:10:40Z 2017-06-01T10:10:40Z 2013 FEB 2013 article Urbaneja-Bernat, P., Alonso, Miquel, Tena, A., Bolckmans, Karel, Urbaneja, A. (2013). Sugar as nutritional supplement for the zoophytophagous predator Nesidiocoris tenuis. Biocontrol, 58(1), 57-64. 1386-6141 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/4657 10.1007/s10526-012-9466-y en openAccess Impreso |
| spellingShingle | Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo Alonso-Valiente, Miquel Tena, Alejandro Bolckmans, Karel Urbaneja, Alberto Sugar as nutritional supplement for the zoophytophagous predator Nesidiocoris tenuis |
| title | Sugar as nutritional supplement for the zoophytophagous predator Nesidiocoris tenuis |
| title_full | Sugar as nutritional supplement for the zoophytophagous predator Nesidiocoris tenuis |
| title_fullStr | Sugar as nutritional supplement for the zoophytophagous predator Nesidiocoris tenuis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sugar as nutritional supplement for the zoophytophagous predator Nesidiocoris tenuis |
| title_short | Sugar as nutritional supplement for the zoophytophagous predator Nesidiocoris tenuis |
| title_sort | sugar as nutritional supplement for the zoophytophagous predator nesidiocoris tenuis |
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