Effect of Temperature on the Nutritional Quality and Growth Parameters of Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor L.): A Preliminary Study
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41210%2F24%3A98503" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41210/24:98503 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/6/2610" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/6/2610</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app14062610" target="_blank" >10.3390/app14062610</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Effect of Temperature on the Nutritional Quality and Growth Parameters of Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor L.): A Preliminary Study
Original language description
The nutritional quality of insects is related to many factors, including their rearing conditions. In this study, the effects of temperature on the contents of crude protein, lipids, ash, and amino acids and the body size and weight of Tenebrio molitor larvae were analysed. The larvae were reared with the occurrence of the first 20 pupae in a laboratory incubator at temperatures of 22, 25, and 28 °C. The results revealed that the weight (from 0.09 to 0.15 g), dry matter (DM) content (from 30.72 to 36.55 g/100 g), and fat concentration (from 22.46 to 36.01 g/100 g DM) of the larvae increased with increasing rearing temperature. In contrast, the crude protein content significantly decreased (from 64.33 to 54.41 g/100 g DM). Methionine was the limiting amino acid. The essential amino acid index ranged from 37% to 45%. Information about the effect of temperature on the growth and nutritional parameters of mealworms may contribute to the optimisation of mealworm-rearing technology.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
21100 - Other engineering and technologies
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GF21-47159L" target="_blank" >GF21-47159L: INPROFF: Quality, Safety and Authenticity of INsect PROtein-Based Food and Feed Products</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Applied Sciences-BASEL
ISSN
2076-3417
e-ISSN
2076-3417
Volume of the periodical
14
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
1-13
UT code for WoS article
001192019100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85192532712