Mass rearing of the spotted bollworm, Earias vittella (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on an artificial diet

Gupta, G. N.; Rani, Seema; Birah, Ajanta; Raghuraman, M.

doi:10.1079/ijt200567

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“…It is needed for research purposes, both biological studies and control efforts. Rearing the insect using artificial feed is considered more economical and easy to prepare [6][7][8]. It requires many scientific disciplines because it covers much knowledge such as nutrition, physiology, behaviour, pathology, ecology, genetics, food science, and more [9][10][11].…”

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Preferences Spodoptera pectinicornis as biocontrol of water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) wetland weeds to various forms of feedstock

Aphrodyanti

Soedijo

Millati

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The dominance of water lettuce as one of the wetland weeds can cause a decrease in biodiversity in an ecosystem. Spodoptera pectinicornis can be a biological control agent for these weeds but requires a mass multiplication stage, so it is necessary to research feedstock in their augmentation. The research aimed to study the preferences and survival abilities of larvae S. pectinicornis to three forms of feed preparation made from water lettuce leaves. The research method had carried out in 2 stages (1) feedstocks form; an extracted water lettuce, mashed and cut into pieces (2) the addition of nutrients and preservatives to feedstocks. Observations had been made on the preferences and ability of the larvae to survive. The results showed that the larvae of S. pectinicornis had a preference and could survive on cut water lettuce feedstock, while in extracted and mashed died. The addition of nutrients and preservatives to the cut-up feed turned out to cause the larvae to stay away from the feed preparation and eventually die. Based on these, larvae S. pectinicornis only prefer to eat the feedstock in cutting form than enrich it with nutrients and preservatives.

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“…Under the rearing conditions causes the insects are finite to find their food so, the provision of food is prominent. The feed used in the form of fresh or artificial, processed based on the test results, can support the growth and development of these insects [6,9].…”

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Preferences Spodoptera pectinicornis as biocontrol of water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) wetland weeds to various forms of feedstock

Aphrodyanti

Soedijo

Millati

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…To meet the demand for laboratory‐reared insects, low‐cost artificial diets are required that sustain their development (Singh & Rembold, ). Although several artificial diet recipes have been devised for rearing H. armigera (Nagarkatti & Prakash, ), S. litura (Gupta et al., ), S. exigua (Murthy et al., ; Elvira et al., ), P. gossypiella (Muralimohan et al., ; Dhara Jothi et al., ), E. vittella (Gupta et al., ), and C. partellus (Singh & Sarup, ; Chandish et al., ), the present study emphasizes the development of a single nutritionally adequate diet for rearing all six of these lepidopteran pests.…”

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“…Molds can alter the nutritional value of a diet and may impact the efficacy of test material in the bioassay as well as threaten the health of people working in insectaries (Zha & Cohen, ). Formalin is widely used as an antifungal agent in several of the published diet recipes (Nagarkatti & Prakash, ; Gupta et al., ,b) for the six insects tested in this study. Our study also aimed at evaluating an alternate antimicrobial solution (AMS) for its suitability in controlling fungal contamination in the proposed common diet without impacting the growth and development of the test insects.…”

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A single semi‐synthetic diet with improved antimicrobial activity for mass rearing of lepidopteran insect pests of cotton and maize

Nair

Kulye

Kamath

2019

Entomologia Exp Applicata

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Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner), Earias vittella (Fabricius), Spodoptera litura (Fabricius), Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (all Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), and Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) are the major pests of cotton and maize. Mass‐rearing of these insects under controlled conditions is necessary to obtain the numbers needed to conduct bioassays to screen insecticides, proteins, and other compounds, as tools for insect pest management. We present a diet suitable for rearing the six lepidopteran pests (five cotton and one maize pest). We further show that this diet is on par with or superior to the published diet recipes for each of the insect species, which were studied for three generations. We also discuss the advantages of antimicrobials other than formalin for keeping microbial growth under check. A combination of antimicrobial solution and benomyl provided effective control and suppressed the growth of microbes for a longer period than a formalin‐containing diet. A common diet for six pests provide opportunities for automation of diet preparation in addition to improved throughput and consistency in the process, while eliminating diet‐batch related errors.

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“…Furthermore, ivermectin containing formulations are also used for the treatment of onchocerciasis [12,13] (river blindness), threadworm infestation [14] usually as a result of raw fish consumption in humans, and dermatological conditions [15,16]. Other semi-synthetic derivatives of avermectin include eprinomectin [17][18][19][20][21][22] and emamectin benzoate [23][24][25][26] which were introduced recently as active ingredients in veterinary formulations or for crop protection. These compounds are prepared by substitution of the 4 hydroxy group in avermectin B 1a and B 1b with an amino (eprinomectin) or an amino-methyl group (emamectin benzoate).…”

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Identification of impurities in ivermectin bulk material by mass spectrometry and NMR

Beasley¹,

Hwang²,

Fliszar³

et al. 2006

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

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Mass rearing of the spotted bollworm, Earias vittella (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on an artificial diet

Cited by 8 publications

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Preferences Spodoptera pectinicornis as biocontrol of water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) wetland weeds to various forms of feedstock

Preferences Spodoptera pectinicornis as biocontrol of water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) wetland weeds to various forms of feedstock

A single semi‐synthetic diet with improved antimicrobial activity for mass rearing of lepidopteran insect pests of cotton and maize

Identification of impurities in ivermectin bulk material by mass spectrometry and NMR

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