Effect of substrate and strain on the mortality rate of the early larval stage of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) / Ramadhani Eka Putra, Nadia Fairuz Aprilia and Ida Kinasih

• Main Authors: Putra, Ramadhani Eka, Aprilia, Nadia Fairuz, Kinasih, Ida
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: UiTM Press 2022
• Subjects: Diptera (Flies)
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/63186/1/63186.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/63186/; https://scilett-fsg.uitm.edu.my/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Black Soldier Fly (BSF) larvae (Hermetia illucens (L., 1758)) is recently applied as a bioconversion agent to manage organic wastes. However, one major limiting factor to the application on a large scale is the high mortality rate of young larvae. Studies showed that the genetic makeup and nutrition...