| Different egg conservation techniques were assessed under low temperature conditions to multiply the parasitoid of stink bug eggs Trissolcus basalis (Woll.) (Hymenoptera:Scelionidae). Masses of fresh Nezara viridula (L.) eggs were stored for 12 months in liquid nitrogen (-196ºC), wrapped in aluminum foil, in microcentrifuge tubes ("eppendorf") or in vacuum sealed double plastic bags (500 eggs/technique/month). Every 30 days, 10 egg masses from each of the different storage techniques, were taken out, thawed immediately and subjected to parasitism by T. basalis. Green stink bug eggs, stored at -196ºC presented conservation conditions and viability for T. basalis development, with high parasitism rates and emergence in the eggs stored under the three... |
