Effects of pre-irradiation conditioning of medfly pupae (Diptera: Tephritidae): Hypoxia and quality of sterile males

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-87

  Nestel, David ^a   Nemny Lavy, Esther ^a   Islam, Sheikh Mohammad ^b   Wornoayporn, Viwat ^b   Cáceres, Carlos ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Irradiation; Mating competitiveness; Oxygen levels; Pupal respiration; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; FLY; HYPOXIA; IRRADIATION; MATING SUCCESS; OXYGEN; PUPA; RESPIRATION; STERILE RELEASE METHOD;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 34147173424     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[80:EOPCOM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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