Table 1.
Raw materials of edible fungal culture medium and cultivation and harvesting conditions.
Fig 1.
Biological parameters of young TML after a 30-day rearing period with different feed formulations: Survival (A) and larval weight (B) after rearing on different proportions of L. edodes SMS and wheat bran; survival (C) and larval weight (D) after rearing on different proportions of L. edodes SMS and rice bran.
Means (± SE) are presented. Different lowercase letters above each bar in a given group indicate significant differences (P < 0.05, ANOVA, Tukey’s HSD test).
Table 2.
Percent survival and body mass of young T. molitor larvae after a 30-day rearing period on different singular diets.
Fig 2.
Larval weight gain of middle-aged TML after a 45-day rearing period with different dry feed formulations (Group A).
Means (± SE) are presented. Different lowercase letters above each bar in a given group indicate significant differences (P < 0.05, ANOVA, Tukey’s HSD test). No larvae had died or pupated at the end of the test.
Fig 3.
Pupation rate (A), pupal weight (B) and pupal duration (C) in middle-aged T. molitor larvae after 45 days of rearing on different dry feed formulations and watermelon peels (Group B).
Means (± SE) are presented. Different lowercase letters above each bar in a given group indicate significant differences (P < 0.05, ANOVA, Tukey’s HSD test).
Table 3.
Adult yellow mealworms obtained from different diets (dry feed plus watermelon peels).