Cost of Production of Telenomus remus (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) Grown in Natural and Alternative Hosts

• Autor(a) principal: Vieira, Natalia F. [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Pomari-Fernandes, Aline, Lemes, Amanda A. F. [UNESP], Vacari, Alessandra M. [UNESP], De Bortoli, Sergio A. [UNESP], Bueno, Adeney de Freitas
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jee/tox271; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/163620
• topic: Mass rearing; biological control; fall armyworm; rice moth; parasitoid

The study of the technical and economic aspects of rearing natural enemies is essential for its effective use as a biological control agent in the field. The aim of this study was to determine the cost of production of the parasitoid, Telenomus remus (Nixon; Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), reared in eggs of its natural host, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith; Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the alternative host, Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton; Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). The insects were reared in accordance with their respective methodologies of laboratory rearing. The cost of production of this biocontrol agent is US$ 0.0004 when reared with S. frugiperda eggs and US$ 0.0002 with C. cephalonica eggs.