Mass-rearing Dichromothrips corbetti (Priesner) (Thripidae: Thysanoptera)

Issue Date

10-2003

Abstract

A laboratory technique for mass-rearing Dichromothrips corbetti (Priesner) is presented. This was part of a three-year project entitled "Development of an effective pest management scheme against two major arthropod pests of orchids with biological control as main component," funded by the DA-BAR from October 1999 to September 2002. The method is easy, simple and convenient to use. It made use of whole flowers of Vanda orchids for oviposition and feeding, tissue paper as pupation material, ziplock plastic cages that minimizes loss through escape and facilities handling and observation. With the technique, large number of larvae, pre-pupae, pupae or adults of known and uniform ages can be produced as test materials for predator-prey experiment, toxicological bioassays and other studies.

Source or Periodical Title

Philippine Entomologist

ISSN

0048-3753

Volume

17

Issue

2

Page

195

Document Type

Article

Frequency

semi-annually

Language

English

En – AGROVOC descriptors

PEST INSECTS; PREDATORS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; MASS REARING; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS