Fumigation of Boll Weevil Pupae with Bisazir to Induce Sterility1
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 72 (6) , 823-825
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/72.6.823
Abstract
When pupae of Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman were fumigated for 5 h in a circulating, saturated atmosphere of bisazir, 99% of the males were sterilized, and egg laying by treated females outcrossed with normal weevils was reduced by 90.6%. Sterile males transfered 11.8% more sperm than control males the 1st week post treatment but 42.6% less the 2nd week.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Uptake and Residues of Chemosterilants in Boll Weevils Treated by Fumigation or Dipping12Journal of Economic Entomology, 1977
- STERILIZATION OF BOLL WEEVIL PUPAE WITH FRACTIONATED DOSES OF GAMMA IRRADIATIONEntomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 1977