Reserpine as a Sterilant for the Mexican Fruit Fly1
- 31 March 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 59 (2) , 333-334
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/59.2.333
Abstract
Tests conducted during 1963 at Brownsville, Texas, showed that continuous feeding of both sexually immature and mature adult Mexican fruit flies, Anastrepha Ludens (Loew), on reserpine at concentrations of 0.5-4.0% in food resulted in loss of reproductive capacity in females, when reserpine was removed from the diet, ovaries did not completely recover ability to produce eggs. Gonads of treated males remained functional and no morphological aberrations were apparent. Mating frequency was normal and mortality negligible. Short-period feedings (14 days or less) on 2% reserpine followed by a return to standard diet did not permanently suppress the reproductive capacity of either sex. Feeding response of flies to reserpine treated food was 15.3 to 22.6% less than that on the standard diet.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Reproduction and Longevity of Mexican Fruit Flies, Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae), Fed Biotin in the DietAnnals of the Entomological Society of America, 1966