In vitro rearing of the tachinid parasitoid, Exorista japonica
Description
［Synopsis］
A tachinid parasitoid fly, Exorista japonica, a natural enemy of many lepidopterous larvae, was aseptically reared throughout the larval stages from the egg stage in vitro by using various artificial diets based on insect tissue culture media and heat-treated silkworm haemolymph (BMH). When diets containity BMH were used, most of the larvae formed respiratory funnels at the 1st instar stage and developed to the 3rd instar. When BMH was used as a diet,13% of the larvae developed into adult flies. On the other hand the addition of 20-hydroxy ecdysone in the diets did not affect the larval development of the fly in vitro.
- Affiliation
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Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences Crop Production and Postharvest Technology Division
- Classification
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Technical A
- Term of research
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FY1992-1994
- Responsible researcher
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YAGI Shigemi ( Crop Production and Postharvest Technology Division )
NAKAMURA Satoshi ( Crop Production and Postharvest Technology Division )
- ほか
- Publication, etc.
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- Japanese PDF
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1994_08_A3_ja.pdf683.57 KB