WP4: Rearing & Storage
WP4 has objectives:
- using the acquired knowledge to formulate general principles and guidelines for mass rearing with respect to current practices, and
define alternative mass rearing approaches that exploit the generated knowledge to develop and maintain the phenotype of the insects for desirable traits.
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RP2 Mutation genetics in the flour moth, Ephestia kuehniella
- This research project focuses on a major problem in Ephestia rearing. The eggs of this moth are used as food for many natural insects, but the scales... -
RP4 Clutch size, sex ratio, and differential mortality in the Bracon hebetor - B. brevicornis species complex
- This research investigates clutch size and sex ratio in two parasitoids that are prime candidates to control the European Corn Borer. By quantifying... -
RP8 Optimization of mass rearing of Bactrocera oleae and its parasitoids
- The goal of this project is to optimize breeding for the olive fly (needed for mass release of sterile adults) and its parasitoid wasp through...
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