Evaluation of cold storage techniques to improve mass rearing of from eggs.

The egg parasitoid Lin & Huber, 2007 (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) is originated from Australia and the main biological control agent of Carpenter & Dellapé, 2006 (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae) on L'Hér (Myrtaceae). Companies that grow are in need of a mass rearing protocol to increase the number of individuals produced and improve the quality of this parasitoid. The aim of this study was to define a protocol for mass rearing in eggs, based in the evaluations of the key biological attributes of this parasitoid in the parental and F1 generations, after the cold storage of the parasitised host eggs.