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Determination Of Optimum Temperature And Photoperiod For Mass Production Of Oxya Hyla Hyla (Serville), Mousumi Das, Arijit Ganguly, Parimalendu Haldar
Determination Of Optimum Temperature And Photoperiod For Mass Production Of Oxya Hyla Hyla (Serville), Mousumi Das, Arijit Ganguly, Parimalendu Haldar
Turkish Journal of Zoology
Insects are natural food for many vertebrates. Being nutritionally rich, acridids can be used to produce high quality feed for livestock industries. For a sustainable supply for the feed manufacturing companies, a huge acridid biomass must be obtained on a regular basis. Therefore, for successful acridid farming, a laboratory rearing system in semi-controlled conditions is proposed to produce a huge acridid biomass. Experiments were conducted to determine a favorable temperature and photoperiod for rearing the chosen multivoltine species, i.e. Oxya hyla hyla. For this purpose nymphal mortality, growth rate, fecundity, fertility, and adult dry weight were determined. The results revealed …
Effect Of Food Plants On Nutritional Ecology Of Two Acridids (Orthoptera: Acrididae) To Provide Alternative Protein Supplement For Poultry, Mousumi Das, Arijit Ganguly, Parimalendu Haldar
Effect Of Food Plants On Nutritional Ecology Of Two Acridids (Orthoptera: Acrididae) To Provide Alternative Protein Supplement For Poultry, Mousumi Das, Arijit Ganguly, Parimalendu Haldar
Turkish Journal of Zoology
A large annual acridid biomass should be produced on acridid farms to manufacture high-quality, low-cost feed for the poultry industry. A laboratory experiment was conducted to measure the nymphal mortality, nymphal developmental period, growth indices, and adult life span of 2 common acridids (Oxya hyla hyla and Spathosternum prasiniferum prasiniferum) on 3 food plants (Dactyloctenium aegyptium, Cynodon dactylon, and Brachiaria mutica). Among the 3 food plants, D. aegyptium was suitable only for 1st and 2nd instars of O. hyla hyla, and B. mutica was suitable for the remaining instars and the adult stages of O. hyla hyla and for all …