Sexual competitiveness of a transgenic sexing strain of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-153

  Morrison, N I ^a   Segura, D F ^b   Stainton, K C ^c   Fu, G ^a   Donnelly, C A ^d   Alphey, L S ^a,c  

^a OXITEC LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diptera; Genetic sexing strain; Mating; Medfly; Performance; RIDL; SIT; Sterile insect technique; Tephritidae; Tetracycline; Transgene

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; HEATING; LARVA; MATING BEHAVIOR; STERILE RELEASE METHOD; STERILITY;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 70349972489     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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