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European Journal of Applied Sciences – Vol. 12, No. 5

Publication Date: October 25, 2024

DOI:10.14738/aivp.125.17554.

Hegazi, E., Khafagi, W., El-Rahman, S. A., Hasaneen, M., Showiel, S., Shal, A. A., El Eryan, M., & Attia, M. (2024). Effects of Adult

Feeding Treatments on Longevity and Egg Maturation in Non-Ovipositing Broomrape Females, Phytomyza Orobanchia Kalt

(Diptera: Agromyzidae). European Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol - 12(5). 240-249.

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Effects of Adult Feeding Treatments on Longevity and Egg

Maturation in Non-Ovipositing Broomrape Females, Phytomyza

Orobanchia Kalt (Diptera: Agromyzidae)

Esmat Hegazi

Faculty of Agriculture,

Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Wedad Khafagi

Plant Protection Research Institute,

Agricultural Research Center (ARC),

Research Center (ARC), Alexandria, Egypt

Safaa Abd El-Rahman

Mammalian Toxicology Department,

Central Agricultural Pesticide Laboratory (CAPL),

Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Alexandria, Egypt

Mervat Hasaneen

Plant Protection Research Institute,

Agricultural Research Center (ARC),

Research Center (ARC), Alexandria, Egypt

Sania Showiel

Plant Protection Research Institute,

Agricultural Research Center (ARC),

Research Center (ARC), Alexandria, Egypt

Amany Abou Shal

Faculty of Agriculture,

Alexandria Uniersity, Alexandria, Egypt

Mohamed El Eryan

Faculty of Agriculture,

Alexandria Uniersity, Alexandria, Egypt

Manal Attia

Bioassay Research Department,

Central Agricultural Pesticide Laboratory (CAPL),

Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza, Egypt

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Hegazi, E., Khafagi, W., El-Rahman, S. A., Hasaneen, M., Showiel, S., Shal, A. A., El Eryan, M., & Attia, M. (2024). Effects of Adult Feeding

Treatments on Longevity and Egg Maturation in Non-Ovipositing Broomrape Females, Phytomyza Orobanchia Kalt (Diptera: Agromyzidae).

European Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol - 12(5). 232-239.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/aivp.125.17554

ABSTRACT

Orobanchaceae, is noxious root parasites, in Egypt. Some causing huge economic

losses to faba bean fields. So far, there are few detailed reports on the rearing

protocols of its biological control agent, Phytomyza Orobanchia Kalt. The effect of

food supplements on longevity and egg load in non-ovipositing Broomrape fly

Ph.Orobanchia ,is not well known. We investigated the effect of three feeding

regimes of the adult flies (supplement with sterile water or honey solution and

starvation) on its longevity, and egg load female fly. Adult longevity was affected

by feeding treatments, insect sex and hatching time. Under starvation, the

longevity and egg load of Ph. Orobanchia adults were significantly lower than

those with access to sterile water and a honey solution. Honey fed females of non

diapaused flies lived longer than diapaused ones. Egg loads were significantly

influenced by female age, feeding treatments and physiological state of the female.

Females emerged without mature eggs. For honey solution fed flies, egg load

increased until age of 3 d old (non-diapausing females) day 14 (diapausing

females), reaching respective maxima of 28.2± 1.2 and 16.4 ± 2.2 eggs/female.

Eggs load then declined with age. Non- diapausing females produce more eggs than

diapausing ones.

Keywords: Phytomyza Orobanchia Kalt., food supplements, adult longevity, egg load of

nonovipositing fly.

INTRODUCTION

Kaltenbach (1864) described Phytomyza orobanchia from flies bred from larvae on Orobanche

sp. Ph. Orobanchia Kaltenbach, 1864 is frequently cited and studied species which is used as

biological agents against very harmful plants, the multitude of parasitic Broomrape species.

The larvae of Ph. Orobanchia consume the fruits and seeds of its host plant, thus reducing the

dissemination of those pest species. The preferred food of Ph. orobanchia are the Orobanche- seeds, but larvae also mine the epidermis of the shoots. Damage to the shoots produces

premature desiccation of the seed capsules (Spencer, 1973). Development starts in spring,

when temperature and photo-period trigger the end of diapause of overwintering pupae. As

Ph. orobanchia depends on its host, it is adapted to the summer vegetation period. Hegazi et al

2024, reported that, the fly is long lived adult and may stay alive in the field up 2 months

(unpublished data) waiting for its host plant. It is a short-day species with a pupal summer -

winter diapause. Depending on the specific climatic conditions there are 1–6 generations per

year (Klein & Kroschel, 2002). Several technical, vegetable and fodder crops are damaged by a

harmful flowering parasite– the Broomrape (Orobanche L., 1753, Orobanchaceae). Parasitic

weeds of the genus Orobanche pose a tremendous threat to European agriculture (Joel 2000).

These weeds considerably damage crop plants due to withdrawal of water, minerals and

organic compounds. The growth of the hosts is retarded and yield losses range from 5 to

100% depending on the region and the crop (Sauerborn, 1991). A detailed literature overview

on Orobanche was published by Pieterse (1979). This genus [sensu lato] includes 140–200

species worldwide of which O. crenata, O. cumana, O. minor, and Phelipanche ramosa are the

most noxious ones. In Egypt, parasitic weed species, O. crenata is noxious root parasites which

seriously constrain the production of many crops, including Leguminosae and Solanaceae

families (Hegazi et al 1981, Parker & Riches, 1993, Al-Eryan et al.2011). The larvae of