Ionizing irradiation of adults of angoumois grain moth (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and Indianmeal moth (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) to prevent reproduction, and implications for a generic irradiation treatment for insects

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1051-1056

  Hallman, Guy J ^a   Phillips, Thomas W ^b,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodity treatment; Plodia interpunctella; Quarantine; Radiation; Sitotroga cerealella

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEREAL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; GAMMA RADIATION; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; OVIPARITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CEREALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GAMMA RAYS; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; MOTHS; OVIPARITY;

GELECHIIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE; SITOTROGA CEREALELLA;

EID: 50849142534     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[1051:IIOAOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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