Gamma Irradiation of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly: Effect of Treatment of Immature Pupae in Nitrogen on Emergence, Longevity, Sterility, Sexual Competitiveness, Mating Ability, and Pheromone Production of Males1

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Apr 1979 English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:Journal of Economic Entomology, volume 72, pages 173-176 (issn: 0022-0493, eissn: 1938-291X,

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Authors: A. Zumreoglu; K. Ohinata; M. Fujimoto; H. Higa; E. J. Harris;

doi: 10.1093/jee/72.2.173

Gamma Irradiation of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly: Effect of Treatment of Immature Pupae in Nitrogen on Emergence, Longevity, Sterility, Sexual Competitiveness, Mating Ability, and Pheromone Production of Males1

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When 6-day-old (immature) pupae of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) were irradiated in nitrogen with doses of 10, 12, or 14 krad, the males had a higher level of sterility than males irradiated in nitrogen as 9-day-old (mature) pupae with 14 krad. However, sexual competitiveness, ability to inseminate females, and production of sex pheromones to attract females of flies irradiated as immature pupae were significantly reduced compared with flies irradiated as mature pupae.

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