Development of a standardized artificial diet and rearing technique for the striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis Walker(Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
Author of the article:LI Bo HAN Lan-Zhi** PENG Yu-Fa
Author's Workplace：The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
Key Words：Chilo suppressalis, artificial diet, standardized rearing technique
Abstract： Chilo suppressalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is a major rice pest that is widely distributed in all the rice-growing areas of China. Developing a standardized rearing technique for this pest is important to developing improved control strategies for it. A standardized mass-rearing protocol incorporating a new artificial diet for C. suppressalis was developed. A C. suppressalis population maintained under the new rearing protocol for 69 successive generations had high fitness parameters. The new mass-rearing protocol is suitable for the mass rearing of successive generations of C. suppressalis and provides a basis for the development of artificial diets for other oligophagous insects.