Egg viability, hatchability, and development are significant factors in the natural silk industry. Life cycle modification is an important aspect that must be considered to perform effective efficient mass-rearing quality control. This study aimed improve mass rearing efficiency of Samia chintya ricini through a life technique by refrigeration. The was conducted storing S. c. eggs refrigerator ...

The effect of outdoor rearing duration (75 v 50 days) and rearing system (outdoor v indoor based systems) of Iberian pigs on the chemical composition (fatty acid composition of fat and intramuscular fat, moisture, salt, pigment concentrations and water activity of lean meat), the instrumental colour (CIEL*a*b* system) and the sensory characteristics (descriptive analysis) of dry-cured hams were...

Mass rearing is a critical component of successful biological control program and strongly dependent on the diet agents consume. We investigated impact fertilizing target Brazilian peppertree, Schinus terebinthifolia, plant terpenoids phenology, fecundity, morphometrics thrips agent, Pseudophilothrips ichini. Plants in 3.8 L pots were fertilized (24N-8P-16K) at one three concentrations every tw...

Aquí presentamos un sistema de crianza masiva que es sustentable, simple y costo efectivo para el trips California, Frankliniella occidentalis, con detalles sobre identificación molecular. Nuestros métodos son una mejoría en comparación a otros usados previamente ya hemos organizado responsabilidades mantenimiento estructuradas alrededor semana laboral lunes viernes, así como la simplificación ...

Abstract The endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia is being developed as a tool to suppress mosquito populations and their transmitted pathogens, with successful field trials in multiple countries having resulted efforts scale up the capacity mass-produce mosquitoes for release. However, major challenges exist achieving this goal, including concerns that mass-reared will adapt laboratory conditions...

Volicitin [N-(17-hydroxylinolenoyl)-L-glutamine] has previously been identified from the lepidopteran larval regurgitant as an elicitor of plant volatile emission. The efficient incorporation of free oxygen into volicitin by Spodoptera litura larvae is demonstrated here by rearing them under (18)O(2) for three days. (18)O-labeling of the hydroxyl group of volicitin was confirmed by liquid chrom...