The Method for Feeding Bactrocera dorsalis Hendal by Using New Type of Bactrocera Breeding Box
The establishment of stable and robust test population is the key to research on the Bactrocera dorsalis Hendal.According to the biological characteristics of the B.dorsalis, a new type of Bactrocera breeding box and supporting feeding methods were developed.The new type of breeding box can not only feed B.dorsalis in large-scale, but also can keep the various stages of Bactrocera in the same box.different stages or different ages of Bac-trocera experimental materials can be obtained in the box.The results showed that, by using this new type of breeding box, the hatching rate, pupation rate and emergence rate were 95.70%, 95.10% and 94.63%, re-spectively, but they were 79.50%, 85.60%, 79.50%, respectively if using the traditional insect box.The va-riance analysis showed that the hatching rate, pupation rate and emergence rate of the two breeding boxes were sig-nificantly different(P=0.000).The new type of Bactrocera breeding box and feeding method were simple and convenient, which can guarantee the normal growth and development of B.dorsalis, and provide stable and relia-ble experimental materials for the related researches.
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