02037naa a2200205 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400440006010000250010424501670012926000090029652013160030565000250162165300250164665300210167170000210169270000170171370000230173077300780175321243182024-08-28       2020    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 adoi.org/10.1007/s42690-020-00182-z2DOI1 aMOREIRA, S. C. da S.  aAnticontaminants to replace formaldehyde in an artificial diet used for rearing the sugarcane borer can affect the parasitoids performance?h[electronic resource]  c2020  aFormaldehyde has been widely used as an anticontaminant in artificial diets for rearing insects. However, the substance is highly toxic to humans. The objective of this work was to verify if replacing formaldehyde by acetylsalicylic acid, sorbic acid, or benzoic acid in artificial diet to use for rearing Diatraea saccharalis affect biological traits of its parasitoids Trichogramma galloi and Cotesia flavipes produced in this host species. The experimental design was the completely randomized with the following treatments (dose/diet): acetylsalicylic acid (3.7 g), sorbic acid (3.7 g), benzoic acid (3.7 g), formaldehyde (1.7 ml), and control. The studies of the biological characteristics of T. galloi and C. flavipes consisted of 25 replicates. For T. galloi, each replicate consisted of a mass of 30 eggs of D. saccharalis that were exposed for 24 h to a T. galloi female which was less than 24 h old. For C. flavipes, each replicate used a third instar D. saccharalis caterpillar oviposited by a C. flavipes female less than 24 h old. The biological characteristics evaluated were parasitism, emergence, progeny, sexual ratio and longevity. The use of alternative anticontaminants tested in the artificial diets of D. saccharalis is feasible for the production of T. galloi and C. flavipes parasitoids.  aDiatraea Saccharalis  aCriação de insetos  aDieta artificial1 aSILVIA, I. F. da1 aAVILA, C. J.1 aOLIVEIRA, H. N. de  tInternational Journal of Tropical Insect Sciencegv. 40, n. 2, jun. 2020.