Florida Entomologist (2005) 88, 329-331

Stephen M. Ferkovich and Dwight E. Lynn (2005)
Enhanced egg laying in adult predators fed artificial diet supplemented with an embryonic cell line derived from eggs of Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Florida Entomologist 88 (3), 329-331
Abstract: Artificial diet supplemented with the Ek-x4V cell line significantly enhanced the average rate of oviposition relative to the control diet but was not better than diet augmented with the IPLBPiE cell line. The Ek-x4V line grew as aggregates of hollow vesicles of cells in contrast to the IPBLPiE line which grew as a suspension of unattached cells and did not produce sufficient cell growth in spinner flasks for large-scale production of the cells. Therefore, the EK-x4V cell line does not afford an advantage over the IPLB-PiE cell line as a diet supplement for improving the fecunduty of O. insidiosus.
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Database assignments for author(s): Stephen M. Ferkovich, Dwight E. Lynn

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
rearing/culturing/mass production

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
Orius insidiosus (predator)