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Title: EFFECTS OF NUTRIENTS FROM MOTH EGGS ON FECUNDITY OF THE PREDATOR ORIUS INSIDIOSUS

Author
item SHAPIRO, JEFFREY
item FERKOVICH, STEPHEN

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/12/2006
Publication Date: 7/22/2006
Citation: Shapiro, J.P., Ferkovich, S.M. 2006. Effects of nutrients from moth eggs on fecundity of the predator orius insidiosus. Meeting Abstract.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Nutrition derived from the prey of female insect predators often results in higher oviposition rates than that derived from artificial diets. Toward our goal of discovering nutritional diet supplements for predators, we are isolating oogenic biochemicals from a common factitious prey, eggs of the flour moth Ephestia kuehniella. We will describe the isolation and bioassay of active fractions from Ephestia eggs, and discuss which specific components are most likely to be active.