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Methods for Rearing the Parasitoid Ganaspis brasiliensis, a Promising Biological Control Agent for the Invasive Drosophila suzukii
 

Methods for Rearing the Parasitoid Ganaspis brasiliensis, a Promising Biological Control Agent for the Invasive Drosophila suzukii

Article DOI: 10.3791/63898-v • 07:56 min • June 2nd, 2022
June 2nd, 2022 •
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1Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 2Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 3Center for Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Trento, 4Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California Berkeley, 5Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, 6Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

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Ganaspis brasiliensis-a larval parasitoid of Drosophila suzukii (a global invasive fruit crop pest)-has been approved or is considered for introduction into Europe and the United States for biological control of this pest. This article provides protocols for both small-scale and large-scale rearing of this parasitoid.

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Keywords: Drosophila Suzukii Ganaspis Brasiliensis Parasitoid Biological Control Rearing Protocol Host Diet Paper Towel Environmental Chamber Pupation Substrate Honey Drosophila Vial
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