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FEEDING REQUIREMENTS AND ARTIFICIAL DIETS FOR THE ALFALFA WEEVIL
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An artificial diet consisting of common nutritive substances was formulated for rearing the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica (Gyllenhal). The palatability of this diet was enhanced by the addition of feeding stimulants identified during previous studies of this insect. The basal diet allowed 72% of newly hatched larvae to reach the adult stage. The addition of alfalfa leaf powders into the basal diet improved feeding and growth. The diet with 10% of acetone‐extracted leaf powder was most suitable, since the rate of development, pupal weight, and per cent adult yield of alfalfa weevils reared on this diet were almost identical to those reared on alfalfa leaves. The problem of developing an artificial diet for this oligophagous insect and the advantages of using artificial diets for laboratory rearing of the alfalfa weevil are discussed.RésuméBESOINS ALIMENTAIRES ET ALIMENTS ARTIFICIELS POUR LE CHARANÇON DE LA LUZERNE (HYPERA POSTICA)Un milieu artificiel constitué de substances nutritives communes est proposé pour élever Hypera postica (Gyllenhal), ou «alfalfa weevil». La valeur gustative pour l'insecte de cet aliment artificiel a éTÉ renforcée par l'addition de phago‐stimulants reconnus au cours d'études anTÉrieures. Ce milieu alimentaire de base permet le développement jusqu'au stade adulte de 74% des populations de larves nouveau‐nées. L'adjonction de poudre de luzerne améliore l'alimentation et la croissance. Le milieu ayant reçu 10% d'un extrait acétonique de poudre de feuilles de luzerne s'est révélé le plus favorable, puisque le développement, le poids des nymphes, et le pourcentage des adultes produits sont presque les mêmes que ceux d'un élevage sur luzerne. Les problèmes relatifs à la mise au point de milieux d'élevage artificiels pour les insectes oligophages sont discuTÉs, ainsi que les avantages de cette méthode, dans le cas du charançon de la luzerne.
Title: FEEDING REQUIREMENTS AND ARTIFICIAL DIETS FOR THE ALFALFA WEEVIL
Description:
An artificial diet consisting of common nutritive substances was formulated for rearing the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica (Gyllenhal).
The palatability of this diet was enhanced by the addition of feeding stimulants identified during previous studies of this insect.
The basal diet allowed 72% of newly hatched larvae to reach the adult stage.
The addition of alfalfa leaf powders into the basal diet improved feeding and growth.
The diet with 10% of acetone‐extracted leaf powder was most suitable, since the rate of development, pupal weight, and per cent adult yield of alfalfa weevils reared on this diet were almost identical to those reared on alfalfa leaves.
The problem of developing an artificial diet for this oligophagous insect and the advantages of using artificial diets for laboratory rearing of the alfalfa weevil are discussed.
RésuméBESOINS ALIMENTAIRES ET ALIMENTS ARTIFICIELS POUR LE CHARANÇON DE LA LUZERNE (HYPERA POSTICA)Un milieu artificiel constitué de substances nutritives communes est proposé pour élever Hypera postica (Gyllenhal), ou «alfalfa weevil».
La valeur gustative pour l'insecte de cet aliment artificiel a éTÉ renforcée par l'addition de phago‐stimulants reconnus au cours d'études anTÉrieures.
Ce milieu alimentaire de base permet le développement jusqu'au stade adulte de 74% des populations de larves nouveau‐nées.
L'adjonction de poudre de luzerne améliore l'alimentation et la croissance.
Le milieu ayant reçu 10% d'un extrait acétonique de poudre de feuilles de luzerne s'est révélé le plus favorable, puisque le développement, le poids des nymphes, et le pourcentage des adultes produits sont presque les mêmes que ceux d'un élevage sur luzerne.
Les problèmes relatifs à la mise au point de milieux d'élevage artificiels pour les insectes oligophages sont discuTÉs, ainsi que les avantages de cette méthode, dans le cas du charançon de la luzerne.
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