Noninherited sterility in irradiated Phthorimaea operculella females

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 127, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 489-493

  Makee, H ^a   Saour, G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Inherited sterility; Phthorimaea operculella; Sterile females

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HERITABILITY; IRRADIATION; PEST CONTROL; STERILE RELEASE METHOD; STERILITY;

GELECHIIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0347765962     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.2003.00781.x     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Abacus Concepts, 1994: StatView, version 4.02. Berkeley, CA: Abacus Concepts.
2. CARPENTER, J. E.; YOUNG, J. R.; SPARKS, A. N., 1986: Fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): comparison of inherited deleterious effects in progeny from irradiated males and females. J. Econ. Entomol. 79, 46-49.
3. FENEMORE, P. G., 1988: Host-plant location and selection by adult potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): a review. J. Insect Physiol. 34, 175-177.
4. KNIPLING, E. F., 1970: Suppression of pest Lepidoptera by releasing partially sterile males: theoretical appraisal. BioScience 20, 465-470.
5. LACHANCE, L. E., 1967: The induction of dominant lethal mutations in insects by ionizing radiation and chemicals as related to the sterile-male technique of insect control. In: Genetics of Insect Vectors of Disease. Ed. by WRIGHT, J. W.; PAL, R. Amesterdam: Elsevier, 617-650.
6. LACHANCE, L. E., 1985: Genetic Methods for the Control of Lepidopteran Species: Status and the Potential. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agr. Res. Service (ARS-28), 40 pp.
7. MAKEE, H.; SAOUR, G., 1997: Inherited effects in the F1 progeny of partially sterile male Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lep., Gelechiidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 90, 1097-1101.
8. MAKEE, H.; SAOUR, G., 1999: Nonrecovery of fertility in partially sterile male Phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 92, 516-520.
9. MAREC, F.; KOLLAROVA, I.; PAVELKA, J., 1999: Radiation-induced inherited sterility combined with a genetic sexing system in Ephestis Kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 92, 250-259.
10. MITTWOCH, V., 1967: Sex Chromosomes. New York: Academic.
11. NORTH, D. T.; HOLT, G. G., 1970: Population control of Lepidoptera: the genetic and physiological basis. Manitoba Entomologist. 4, 53-69.
12. SAOUR, G.; MAKEE, H., 1997: Radiation induce sterility in male potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). J. Appl. Ent. 121, 411-415
13. 1 sterility in Ephestis kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Genome. 44, 172-184.