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MASS REARING OF THE GREATER WAX MOTH, Galleria mellonella L.

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Last updated: 30 Jan 2023

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This study was conducted to investigate the suitability of three suggested artificial diets prepared for mass rearing of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella L. to meet with the higher demand for mass multiplication of entomopathogenic nematodes as well as many parasitoids for insect biological control purposes. The suggested diets were compared to the natural food (i.e. honey bee wax) under laboratory conditions. The effect of such feeding on some biological aspects of eggs, larvae, pupae and adults of G. mellonella was studied. Summarized results revealed diet D3 (4 parts scratched bee wax and 1 part bee collected clover pollen) proved the best followed by natural (control) feeding. The superiority of diet D3 was represented by: shortened larval duration, induced significantly larval survival (88.33%) and weight (186 mg/mature larva) and pupal weight, minimized pupal mortality (6.7%), induced female moth fecundity (1056.6 eggs per female) and egg fertility and hatchability (97.81%).                    

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10.21608/zjar.2018.49174

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Galleria mellonella, artificial diet, larval survival, female fecundity, pupation, sex ratio, male longevity, pupal duration, larval duration periods

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Sabreen

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El-Gohary

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G.

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Plant Prot. Dept., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt

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sabreenelgohary178@gmail.com

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Yousif-Khalil

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Plant Prot. Dept., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt

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M.

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El-Maghraby

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M.A.

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Plant Prot. Dept., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt

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Sh.

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Abd-Alla

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M.

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Plant Prot. Dept., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt

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45

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2

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7624

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2018-03-01

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2017-12-14

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2018-03-01

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495

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503

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1110-0338

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842

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Zagazig Journal of Agricultural Research

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22 Jan 2023