A non-meat-based artificial diet and protocol for mass rearing of Chrysomya megacephala (Fab.) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), an important pollinator of mango.
Rami Reddy P. V., Rajan V. V., Abraham Verghese
Author Affiliation: Division of Entomology and Nematology, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta Lake Post, Bengaluru 560 089, India.
108 : 17-19
Abstract : This paper focuses on the development of a system using a non-meat based artificial diet for the mass rearing of Chrysomya megacephala. The importance of C. megacephala as a mango pollinator in India is also discussed.