Which Protein Source is Best for Mass-Rearing of Asian Weaver Ants?
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F22%3A00564612" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/22:00564612 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/jtbc/article/view/3940" target="_blank" >https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/jtbc/article/view/3940</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.51200/jtbc.v19i.3940" target="_blank" >10.51200/jtbc.v19i.3940</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Which Protein Source is Best for Mass-Rearing of Asian Weaver Ants?
Original language description
The Asian weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) is sometimes used as a biocontrol agent against pests in tropical agriculture as part of integrated pest management programmes. However, the effectiveness of weaver ants as a predator depends on the abundance and activity of colonies in naturally occurring populations. Massrearing is a method that could be useful both for getting lots of colonies and for maximising colony growth and aggressiveness. The diet of mass reared weaver ants potentially impacts their growth rate and behaviour. In this study, we investigate the effect of four common commercial protein diets (mackerel, tuna, cricket and mealworms) on O. smaragdina colony growth and aggressiveness during mass-rearing over a two-month experimental study at the Smart Research Institute, Riau, Indonesia. Colonies fed on mackerel, the cheapest protein source, and mealworm were able to grow significantly larger than those fed on tuna, even though colonies fed with mackerel showed the lowest amount of mass intake of protein food. In contrast, colonies fed with crickets (the diet with the greatest proportion of protein) had the greatest aggression index against experimentally placed bagworms (a common pest in oil palm plantations), with their aggression being significantly greater than that for mackerel-fed colonies. Taken together, our results show that there are trade-offs between different protein diets for weaver ant colonies in mass rearing facilities. Protein diet can be chosen depending on whether colony growth rate, colony aggressiveness, or price is the main factor driving decisions.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40106 - Agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection; (Agricultural biotechnology to be 4.4)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA21-06446S" target="_blank" >GA21-06446S: Do entomopathogenic fungi drive arthropod diversity gradients via host negative density dependence?</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation
ISSN
1823-3902
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Volume of the periodical
19
Issue of the periodical within the volume
15 October
Country of publishing house
MY - MALAYSIA
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
93-107
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