Mediterranean Fruit Fly: Propensity to Flight of Sterilized Flies124
- 1 December 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 66 (6) , 1261-1262
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/66.6.1261
Abstract
Sterilized (by irradiation) and untreated laboratory-reared Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) were studied in a specially designed flight-propensity chamber. Irradiation with 10 krad 2 days before adult eclosion produced a sedentary male and a very sedentary female, compared with the unirradiated counterparts and with native flies. The irradiated male and female were ca. 40 and 60%, respectively, less active than the native fly. The irradiated laboratory-reared fly also had a reduced potential for survival in a field cage and was eliminated in 6-9 days; the unirradiated fly was eliminated in 7–11 days.Keywords
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