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Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae powder as a larval diet ingredient for mass-rearing Aedes mosquitoes

The mass production of mosquitoes is becoming more wide-spread due to the increased application of the sterile insect technique (SIT) and other genetic control programmes. Due to the variable availability and high cost of the bovine liver powder (BLP) constituent of many current larval diets, there...

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Autores principales: Mamai, Wadaka, Bimbilé Somda, Nanwintoum Sévérin, Maiga, Hamidou, Konczal, Anna, Wallner, Thomas, Bakhoum, Mame Thierno, Yamada, Hanano, Bouyer, Jérémy
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6752115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31535969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019059
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author Mamai, Wadaka
Bimbilé Somda, Nanwintoum Sévérin
Maiga, Hamidou
Konczal, Anna
Wallner, Thomas
Bakhoum, Mame Thierno
Yamada, Hanano
Bouyer, Jérémy
author_facet Mamai, Wadaka
Bimbilé Somda, Nanwintoum Sévérin
Maiga, Hamidou
Konczal, Anna
Wallner, Thomas
Bakhoum, Mame Thierno
Yamada, Hanano
Bouyer, Jérémy
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description The mass production of mosquitoes is becoming more wide-spread due to the increased application of the sterile insect technique (SIT) and other genetic control programmes. Due to the variable availability and high cost of the bovine liver powder (BLP) constituent of many current larval diets, there is an urgent demand for new ingredients in order to support sustainable and efficient mosquito production while reducing rearing cost, without affecting the quality of the insects produced. Two black soldier fly (BSF) powder-based diet formulations (50% tuna meal, 35% BSF powder, 15% brewer’s yeast and 50% tuna meal + 50% BSF powder) were tested for their suitability to support the development of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes in mass-rearing conditions. Overall, the results indicate that the use of the BSF powder did not negatively impact the development and quality of the produced insects in terms of time to pupation, adult production and male flight ability. Furthermore, depending on the species and diet formulations, there were improvements in some parameters such as female body size, egg production, egg hatch rate and male longevity. BSF powder is a valuable ingredient that can effectively replace costly BLP for the mass production of high quality Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes. Both diet formulations can be used for Ae. aegypti showing high plasticity to nutrition sources. However, for Ae. albopictus we recommend the combination including brewer’s yeast.
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spelling pubmed-67521152019-09-27 Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae powder as a larval diet ingredient for mass-rearing Aedes mosquitoes Mamai, Wadaka Bimbilé Somda, Nanwintoum Sévérin Maiga, Hamidou Konczal, Anna Wallner, Thomas Bakhoum, Mame Thierno Yamada, Hanano Bouyer, Jérémy Parasite Research Article The mass production of mosquitoes is becoming more wide-spread due to the increased application of the sterile insect technique (SIT) and other genetic control programmes. Due to the variable availability and high cost of the bovine liver powder (BLP) constituent of many current larval diets, there is an urgent demand for new ingredients in order to support sustainable and efficient mosquito production while reducing rearing cost, without affecting the quality of the insects produced. Two black soldier fly (BSF) powder-based diet formulations (50% tuna meal, 35% BSF powder, 15% brewer’s yeast and 50% tuna meal + 50% BSF powder) were tested for their suitability to support the development of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes in mass-rearing conditions. Overall, the results indicate that the use of the BSF powder did not negatively impact the development and quality of the produced insects in terms of time to pupation, adult production and male flight ability. Furthermore, depending on the species and diet formulations, there were improvements in some parameters such as female body size, egg production, egg hatch rate and male longevity. BSF powder is a valuable ingredient that can effectively replace costly BLP for the mass production of high quality Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes. Both diet formulations can be used for Ae. aegypti showing high plasticity to nutrition sources. However, for Ae. albopictus we recommend the combination including brewer’s yeast. EDP Sciences 2019-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6752115/ /pubmed/31535969 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019059 Text en © W. Mamai et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2019 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Mamai, Wadaka
Bimbilé Somda, Nanwintoum Sévérin
Maiga, Hamidou
Konczal, Anna
Wallner, Thomas
Bakhoum, Mame Thierno
Yamada, Hanano
Bouyer, Jérémy
Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae powder as a larval diet ingredient for mass-rearing Aedes mosquitoes
title Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae powder as a larval diet ingredient for mass-rearing Aedes mosquitoes
title_full Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae powder as a larval diet ingredient for mass-rearing Aedes mosquitoes
title_fullStr Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae powder as a larval diet ingredient for mass-rearing Aedes mosquitoes
title_full_unstemmed Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae powder as a larval diet ingredient for mass-rearing Aedes mosquitoes
title_short Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae powder as a larval diet ingredient for mass-rearing Aedes mosquitoes
title_sort black soldier fly (hermetia illucens) larvae powder as a larval diet ingredient for mass-rearing aedes mosquitoes
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6752115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31535969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019059
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