01931naa a2200241 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200140006010000240007424501390009826000090023750000750024652011170032165300140143870000250145270000160147770000270149370000170152070000250153770000230156270000250158577300790161019564312023-05-19       2012    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a2236-44201 aBENEVIDES, L. de J.  aLow-cost artificial diets for the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann (DipterabTephritidae).h[electronic resource]  c2012  aSemana Entomológica da Bahia (SINSECTA), 03 a 09 de dezembro de 2012.  aThe use of agro-industrial byproducts in the production of animal diets has become very popular as these are often low-cost raw-materials with high nutritive value. The present work evaluated diets incorporating agro-industrial byproducts for the mass rearing of the Mediterranean fruit fly used in Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) control programs. Diets were elaborated using industrial sub-products (shrimp heads, okara, and fresh commercial yeast) that were subjected to enzymatic hydrolysis or autolysis and subsequently used for biological testing (of egg production) with a laboratory line of Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann. The diets that promoted the greatest levels of egg production all contained yeast. Among these yeast-containing diets, the average production of eggs/female/day varied from 197.75±40.97 to 325.15±54.45; the diet containing autolyzed fresh yeast (AFY) was most similar (325.15±54.45) to the commercial control diet (365.85± 66.02) in terms of egg production. Based on these results, the autolyzed fresh yeast diet was determined to be best for mass-rearing Mediterranean fruit fly.  aFruit fly1 aSILVA NETO, A. M. da1 aDIAS, V. S.1 aBENEVIDES, C. M. de J.1 aLOPES, M. V.1 aJOACHIM-BRAVO, I. S.1 aOLIVEIRA, G. B. de1 aNASCIMENTO, A. S. do  tMagistra, Cruz das Almas-BAgv. 24, número especial, p. 01-07, dez. 2012.