PENGGUNAAN TONGKOL JAGUNG DAN PEPAYA SEBAGAI BAHAN DASAR PAKAN BUATAN BAGI PERKEMBANGAN LARVA Lalat Buah Bactrocera carambolae Drew dan Hancock (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Abstract

Research was conducted with preservation method in the plentiful number
(rearing) in the Pest Laboratory, Plant Protection Department, Faculty of
Agriculture, University of Brawijaya. This research objective to get information
about the use of corncob and papaya as basic material for larvae development.
Design that was used in this research was complete randomized design with three
repeatition. This research used used five treatments that was food composition
with wheat bran as control, corncob, corncob+coconut oil, papaya and
papaya+bread yeast. The result showed that corncob and papaya could be used as
basic material of artificial food for larvae of fruit fly development.

Keywords: Corncob and papaya, artificial food, Bactrocera carambolae