Effects of larval diets and temperature regimes on life history traits, energy reserves and temperature tolerance of male Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): optimizing rearing techniques for the sterile insect programmes.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Producing high quality sterile males is vital in Aedes aegypti rear-and-release birth control strategies. Larval diets, rearing temperatures, and their interactions determine the accumulation rates of essential nutrients in larvae, but these factors have been understudied in relation to mass-rearing techniques for producing eminent males. METHODS:We compared the effects of two larval diets, a cereal-legume-based diet (Khan's diet) and a standard larval diet developed in the FAO/IAEA Insect Pest Control Laboratory (IAEA 2 diet). Diets were tested at selected temperatures for both larval and male adult life history traits, adult extreme temperature tolerance, and mating capacity relative to energy reserves of reared male adult Ae. aegypti. RESULTS:Khan's diet resulted in shorter i

SUBMITTER: Sasmita HI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6905064 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature