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JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY
Volume 102, Issue 5, Pages 1791-1800Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1603/029.102.0509
Keywords
Tephritidae; sterile insect technique; quality control; pest management
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- Horticulture Australia Ltd (HAL) [HG06040]
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The current study is an important step toward calibrating, validating, and improving irradiation methods used for Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) sterile insect technique (SIT). We used routine International Atomic Energy Agency/U.S. Department of Agriculture/Food and Agriculture Organization quality control tests assessing percentage of emergence, flight ability, sex ratio, mortality under stress, reproductive sterility, and sexual competitiveness, as well as a nonstandard test of longevity under nutritional stress to assess the impact of a range of target irradiation doses (60, 65, 70, 75, and 80 Gy) on the product quality of mass reared B. tryoni used in SIT. Sterility induction remained adequate (>99.5%) for sterile male-fertile female crosses, and 100% sterility was achieved in fertile male-sterile female crosses and sterile male-sterile female crosses for each irradiation doses tested. There was significant increase in mortality under stress as irradiation dose increased, and reduced participation in mating by males irradiated at higher doses. The current target-sterilizing dose for SIT of 70-75 Gy is associated with significant reduction in fly product quality. Our data suggest that adequate sterility and improved fly quality could be achieved through a small reduction in target sterilizing dose.
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