Publications by authors named "Caelyn T Brittain"
R Soc Open Sci
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- Increasing yield in mass insect rearing is essential for food and feed production, but there's limited understanding of how different diets affect insect growth and survival.
- The study focused on how different protein-to-carbohydrate diets influenced the growth and development of tropical house crickets from hatch to adulthood, using a nutritional geometry approach.
- Findings showed that a 3:1 protein-to-carbohydrate diet maximized yield, with crickets growing larger and surviving better, while males tended to consume more protein than females despite both preferring a more balanced 1.05:1 diet.
