Gamma radiation as a quarantine treatment for the Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1175-1180

  Mansour, Mohammed ^a,b   Franz, Gerald ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Gamma radiation; Quarantine

Indexed keywords

CAPITATA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TEPHRITIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLY; GAMMA RADIATION; LARVA; OOCYTE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; GAMMA RAYS; LARVA; OVUM;

EID: 0030303817     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/89.5.1175     Document Type: Article

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