Effect of gamma irradiation on sperm utilization in twice-mated female Phthorimaea operculella Zeller (Lep., Gelechiidae)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 513-517

  Saour, George ^a   Makee, Hayat ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY RADIATION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PEST SPECIES; SPERM SELECTION; STERILITY;

GELECHIIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHTHORIMAEA; PHTHORIMAEA OPERCULELLA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0032806111     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.1999.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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