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1 May 2016 Impact of Humidity on the Biological Development of Aphidoletes aphidimyza (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)
Guillaume Jean Le Goff, Aurore Nicolas, Raki Al Mohamad, Thierry Hance
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Aphidoletes aphidimyza Rondani (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) is one of the most important predators used in the augmentative biological control of aphids worldwide. However, due to its particular life history, mass rearing A. aphidimyza remains difficult. Our results show that a high relative humidity level during pupation optimizes the development of A. aphidimyza. By improving humidity levels during pupae storage, we improved the production efficiency and nearly achieved a 100% adult emergence rate. These results allow us to suggest a new rearing method for the aphid predator A. aphidimyza.

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Guillaume Jean Le Goff, Aurore Nicolas, Raki Al Mohamad, and Thierry Hance "Impact of Humidity on the Biological Development of Aphidoletes aphidimyza (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)," Journal of Economic Entomology 109(3), 1482-1486, (1 May 2016). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tow075
Received: 25 August 2015; Accepted: 18 March 2016; Published: 1 May 2016
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KEYWORDS
Aphidoletes aphidimyza
humidity
life cycle
Rearing method
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