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                                            Rojas, Maria

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                                            Morales Ramos, Juanitem
                                            Riddick, Eric
  Submitted to: Adjacent Government UK Magazine
                                    Publication Type: Popular Publication
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 11/4/2015
                                    Publication  Date: 11/12/2015
                                    Citation: Rojas, M.G., Morales Ramos, J.A., Riddick, E.W. 2015. Factitious foods to reduce production costs of beneficial insects. Adjacent Government UK Magazine. 8:288-289.Interpretive Summary: Biological control relays on the use or natural enemies to reduce and manage populations which can be an alternative to pesticides for reducing agricultural losses due to arthropod pests. Factitious foods are used to produce predators of economically important pests such as stink bugs, aphids, scale insects, mealybugs, etc., at reduced costs.
                                Technical Abstract: This article reports the use of factitious foods such as Tenebrio molitor pupa, E. kuehniella eggs, Ephestia eggs, and or Artemia franciscana eggs for the rearing of beneficial insect such as Podisus maculiventris, spined soldier bug and  several ladybird predators belonging to the Coccinellidae family, respectively. The use of factitious host makes possible the rearing of beneficial insects at reduced cost.


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