Mass rearing codling moths: improvements and modifications

Authors

  • J. D. Hansen USDA-ARS Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory 5230 Konnowac Pass Road Wapato, WA 98951 phone: +1 (509) 454-6573 fax: (509) 454-5646
  • P. A. Anderson USDA-ARS Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory 5230 Konnowac Pass Road Wapato, WA 98951

Keywords:

Cydia pomonella, reproduction

Abstract

Current diet, oviposition cages, rearing containers, diapause induction and adult handling are described for a rearing colony of codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.), maintained at the USDA-ARS facility in Wapato, WA , USA, for over 40 years for use in field, laboratory and postharvest research. Previous studies have found codling moth production to approach maximum efficiency at a density of one larva per 4.8 ml of diet. Since 2002, the current YARL rearing program has produced an average of 1 adult per 4.5 ml diet.

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Vol. 103 (2006): Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia

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