Aedes albopictus (Skuse) males in laboratory and semi-field cages: Release ratios and mating competitiveness

Acta Tropica

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Madakacherry, Odessa ^a   Lees, Rosemary Susan ^a,b   Gilles, Jeremie Roger Lionel ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b Polo d'Innovazione Genomica Genetica e Biologia SCaRL Edificio D 4 piano Polo Unico di Medicina 'Santa Maria della Misericordia'   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Competition assays; Induced sterility; Radiation sterilization; Sterile insect technique (SIT)

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; ENDEMISM; IONIZATION; IRRADIATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MALE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MOSQUITO;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAGE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GREENHOUSE; HATCHING; IRRADIATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); WILD SPECIES;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; HEXAPODA;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; COMPETITION ASSAYS; INDUCED STERILITY; RADIATION STERILIZATION; STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE (SIT);

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84896543919     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.11.020     Document Type: Article

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