Research Article

Optimizing container size and rearing density for rapid and economic mass rearing of Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Volume: 43 Number: 4 December 1, 2019
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Optimizing container size and rearing density for rapid and economic mass rearing of Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Abstract

A study was conducted to determine the optimum container size and rearing density to economize and optimize the mass rearing of Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) during 2017 in Şanlıurfa, Turkey. The experiment consisted of three types of containers of varying size (106, 310 and 785 ml, regarded as small, medium and large, respectively) and four different rearing densities of O. conglobata (1, 5, 10 and 20 larvae/container, regarded as low, moderate, medium and high rearing density, respectively). Oenopia conglobata was fed with the eggs of Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, 1879 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) throughout the study. The highest (100%) larval survival rate was recorded for all containers with low rearing density, whereas the lowest (31.5-35.0%) larval survival was observed in medium containers with medium and high rearing density. Medium containers at low rearing density had the shortest larval development period (8.6 d), while the shortest pupal development period (4.3-4.4 d) was in medium and large containers at medium and moderate density, respectively. The highest rearing cost wascomputed for small and medium containers at low rearing density, whereas the lowest rearing cost was incurred with largecontainers at high rearing density. Considering the survival rates, development periods and economic cost incurred; large containers with high rearing density is recommended for the economic and rapid mass rearing of O. conglobata.

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Supporting Institution

This study was supported by Harran University, Scientific Research Unit, Şanlıurfa

Project Number

HÜBAK Project No: 17005

Thanks

This study was funded by the Scientific Research Projects Commission of Harran University (HÜBAK Project No: 17005). The authors extend their sincerest thanks to Philip Smith, for linguistic editing and Dr. Shahid Farooq, Harran University, for his advice in economic analysis and helpful comments on the earlier drafts of this manuscript.

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Details

Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 1, 2019

Submission Date

May 10, 2019

Acceptance Date

July 22, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 43 Number: 4

APA
Mamay, M., & Mutlu, Ç. (2019). Optimizing container size and rearing density for rapid and economic mass rearing of Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Turkish Journal of Entomology, 43(4), 395-408. https://doi.org/10.16970/entoted.562724
AMA
1.Mamay M, Mutlu Ç. Optimizing container size and rearing density for rapid and economic mass rearing of Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). TED. 2019;43(4):395-408. doi:10.16970/entoted.562724
Chicago
Mamay, Mehmet, and Çetin Mutlu. 2019. “Optimizing Container Size and Rearing Density for Rapid and Economic Mass Rearing of Oenopia Conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)”. Turkish Journal of Entomology 43 (4): 395-408. https://doi.org/10.16970/entoted.562724.
EndNote
Mamay M, Mutlu Ç (December 1, 2019) Optimizing container size and rearing density for rapid and economic mass rearing of Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Turkish Journal of Entomology 43 4 395–408.
IEEE
[1]M. Mamay and Ç. Mutlu, “Optimizing container size and rearing density for rapid and economic mass rearing of Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)”, TED, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 395–408, Dec. 2019, doi: 10.16970/entoted.562724.
ISNAD
Mamay, Mehmet - Mutlu, Çetin. “Optimizing Container Size and Rearing Density for Rapid and Economic Mass Rearing of Oenopia Conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)”. Turkish Journal of Entomology 43/4 (December 1, 2019): 395-408. https://doi.org/10.16970/entoted.562724.
JAMA
1.Mamay M, Mutlu Ç. Optimizing container size and rearing density for rapid and economic mass rearing of Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). TED. 2019;43:395–408.
MLA
Mamay, Mehmet, and Çetin Mutlu. “Optimizing Container Size and Rearing Density for Rapid and Economic Mass Rearing of Oenopia Conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)”. Turkish Journal of Entomology, vol. 43, no. 4, Dec. 2019, pp. 395-08, doi:10.16970/entoted.562724.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Mamay, Çetin Mutlu. Optimizing container size and rearing density for rapid and economic mass rearing of Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). TED. 2019 Dec. 1;43(4):395-408. doi:10.16970/entoted.562724

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