EL-Heneidy, A., ghanim, A., El-Serafy, H., Mohamed, N., Elbanna, E. (2021). Biological Characteristics of two Coccinellid Predators when Reared on Aphis gossypii Glover and an Artificial Diet under Laboratory Condition. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 12(9), 575-578. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2021.203139
A. H. EL-Heneidy; abd el-badiaa ghanim; Hala A. El-Serafy; Nadia E. Mohamed; E. H. E. Elbanna. "Biological Characteristics of two Coccinellid Predators when Reared on Aphis gossypii Glover and an Artificial Diet under Laboratory Condition". Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 12, 9, 2021, 575-578. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2021.203139
EL-Heneidy, A., ghanim, A., El-Serafy, H., Mohamed, N., Elbanna, E. (2021). 'Biological Characteristics of two Coccinellid Predators when Reared on Aphis gossypii Glover and an Artificial Diet under Laboratory Condition', Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 12(9), pp. 575-578. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2021.203139
EL-Heneidy, A., ghanim, A., El-Serafy, H., Mohamed, N., Elbanna, E. Biological Characteristics of two Coccinellid Predators when Reared on Aphis gossypii Glover and an Artificial Diet under Laboratory Condition. Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2021; 12(9): 575-578. doi: 10.21608/jppp.2021.203139
Biological Characteristics of two Coccinellid Predators when Reared on Aphis gossypii Glover and an Artificial Diet under Laboratory Condition
1Plant Prot. Res. Institute, Agric. Res. Center, Giza Egypt.
2Faculty of Agriculture - Mansoura University.
3Econ. Entomol. Dept., Fac. of Agric., Mansoura Univ., Egypt.
Abstract
Laboratory studies under constant temperature of 27±2oC and 65±5 RH were carried out in the insectary of Economic Entomology Department , Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University to develop an artificial diet for rearing two coccinellid predators species Coccinella 9-punctata L and Chellomens propinqua nilotica (Mulsant). The results showed that the average duration of the predatory species, C. 9-punctata L. larval stage lasted 17.22±1.75 days, when fed on the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover, and the average total larval consumption was 734.2±10.65. The pupal stage lasted 6.75±0.85days. The predator,s female consumed a total average of 2888.79±67.54 and the number of deposited eggs per female averaged 1117.0 eggs. The predator male consumed a total average of 1765.23±29.5. Obtained data of Ch. propinqua nilotica larvae lasted 13.73±1.12days when fed on A. gossypii. Average total laval consumption reached 468.39±21.6. The predator,s female consumed a total average of 2022.45±55.6 aphid individuals . The number of deposited eggs per predator female averaged 913. ±11.5 eggs. The predator male consumed a total average of 1136.02±38.4. Obtained results of the two coccinellid predatory species when reared on an artificial diet, showed the average durations of larval stage lasted 22.15±2.4 and 18.38 ±1.96 days for C. 9-punctata and propinqua nilotica, respectively . Respective fecundity of the females of the two species was 360.62±14.8 and 325.8±11.5 eggs respectively. The results assured that the two predatory species reared successfully on this artificial diet.