Ionizing radiation for quarantine control of Opogona sacchari (Lepidoptera: Tineidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1519-1524

  Hollingsworth, Robert G ^a   Follett, Peter A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Irradiation; Opogona sacchari; Quarantine treatment; Sterilizing dose

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MOTHS; OVUM; QUARANTINE; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCTION;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; OPOGONA SACCHARI; TINEIDAE;

EID: 35648951166     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[1519:IRFQCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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