Food security and environmental issues have become global crises that need transformative
solutions. As livestock production is becoming less sustainable, alternative sources of …

About one-third of the food produced annually worldwide ends up as waste. A minor part of
this waste is used for biofuel and compost production, but most is landfilled, causing …

Since the sterile insect technique (SIT) relies upon released sterile male insects efficiently
competing with wild males to mate with wild females, it follows that mass-rearing of insects is …

The house cricket, Acheta domesticus L.(Orthoptera: Gryllidae) is one of the most important
species of industrialized insects in the United States. Within the past five years the market of …

Simple Summary Insects have been considered as an alternative to fishmeal in animal feed
formulations. Current methods for mass producing them remain expensive and, although …

Worldwide, huge quantities of organic wastes are generated annually in the forest industry,
but most of these wastes are discarded. Only a minor proportion is used, mainly for biofuel …

Crowding conditions of larvae may have a significant impact on commercial production
efficiency of some insects, such as Tenebrio molitor L.(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) …

Organic side-streams and agricultural wastes represent a big pool of untapped and
underrated resources which could be efficiently exploited for insect rearing. We evaluated …

When Coccinella septempunctata L. was fed on an artificial diet, development was
prolonged and survival and reproduction were decreased, thus negatively affecting …

Recent years have been marked by an increased interest in alternative proteins as food
sources. Protein choices are no longer limited to traditional plant and animal proteins; rather …