@article{fdi:010063835,
  title = {{E}ffect of different diets on the development, mortality, survival, food uptake and fecundity of {T}upiocoris cucurbitaceus ({H}emiptera: {M}iridae)},
  author = {{B}urla, {J}.{P}. and {G}rille, {G}. and {L}orenzo, {M}.{E}. and {F}ranco, {J}. and {B}onato, {O}livier and {B}asso, {C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}everal {M}iridae ({H}emiptera) species have been identified as useful predators for biological control of the greenhouse whitefly, {T}rialeurodes vaporariorum ({W}estwood) ({H}emiptera: {A}leyrodidae). {T}here is interest in determining the effects of different diets on {T}upiocoris cucurbitaceus ({S}pinola) ({H}emiptera: {M}iridae) in order to facilitate their breeding and use in biological control. {G}iven that mirids can be both phytophagous and zoophytophagous, the developmental time, mortality, survival, feeding and fecundity of this species on tomato and tobacco leaves with and without the addition of {T}. vaporariorum or {E}phestia kuehniella {Z}eller ({L}epidoptera: {P}yralidae) eggs were studied. {T}o determine embryonic duration, {T}. cucurbitaceus was allowed to oviposit on tobacco plants for 24 h at 26 °{C}, 83% {RH} and a photoperiod of 16:8 h {L}:{D}. {T}he time of onset of the first instar nymphs was recorded. {S}ubsequently, these nymphs fed on different diets on 9 cm × 1.5 cm plates under the same environmental conditions. {R}esults showed that diet influences the duration of development in {T}. cucurbitaceus, with nymphal stadia being shorter and the adult stadium being longer when fed prey than when not fed prey. {W}ith the addition of prey, nymphal mortality was generally lower and adult survival was higher. {T}he high consumption of {T}. vaporariorum eggs by {T}. cucurbitaceus suggests the need for subsequent studies on the latter for inclusion of this species in biological control programs in greenhouses.},
  keywords = {{ZONE} {TROPICALE} ; {URUGUAY}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{F}lorida {E}ntomologist},
  volume = {97},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {1816--1824},
  ISSN = {0015-4040},
  year = {2014},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010063835},
}