Journal of Economic Entomology (1985) 78, 523-527

J.R. Carey and R. Vargas (1985)
Demographic analysis of insect mass rearing: A case study of three tephritids
Journal of Economic Entomology 78 (3), 523-527
Abstract: Mass production strategies for insects were examined, using life table techniques. Harvesting of target stages and discarding of reproductives are viewed simply as the imposition of new mortality rates on a population. Demographic fromulae are given for computing porduction rates and stage relations within a rearing facility and for determining age and size structure in released, sterile populations. The methods are applied to data relating of three tephritid fruit flies Ceratitis capitata, Dacus dorsalis and D. cucurbitae. Both speciefic and general implictions of the findings are briefly discussed.
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Database assignments for author(s): Roger I. Vargas, James R. Carey

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
rearing/culturing/mass production

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Bactrocera dorsalis
	Ceratitis capitata
	Zeugodacus cucurbitae