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| Silva Neto,Alberto Moreira da; Santos,Tatiana Rodrigues de Oliveira; Dias,Vanessa Simões; Joachim-Bravo,Iara Sordi; Benevides,Leandro de Jesus; Benevides,Clicia Maria de Jesus; Silva,Mariangela Vieira Lopes; dos Santos,Deise Cristina Campos; Virgínio,Jair; Oliveira,Givanildo Bezerra; Walder,Julio Marcos Melges; Paranhos,Beatriz Aguiar Jordão; Nascimento,Antônio Souza do. |
| Ceratitis capitata is one of the most important pests of fruits for exportation, and Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) has been the most efficient and environmental friendly technique used to control fruit fly populations around the world. A key goal in achieving a successful SIT program is a mass rearing system producing high quality insects at low cost. Providing adults with an artificial diet containing hydrolysed protein has been the major obstacle for bio-production facilities in Brazil, because it is expensive and has to be imported. Two other commercial products, autolysed yeast (AY) and yeast extract (YE), of domestic origin and low cost, were tested as substitutes of the imported hydrolyzed protein. To compare their efficiency we observed the female... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Ceratitis capitata; Protein; Artificial diet; Rearing facility. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162012000600004 |
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