Improving sterile male performance in support of programmes integrating the sterile insect technique against fruit flies
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Age-dependent variation in mating success of sterile male Mediterranean fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): implications for sterile insect technique.
The sterile insect technique (SIT) is widely used in integrated programs against the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae). Unfortunately, the mass-rearing procedures inherent to the SIT often lead to a reduction in the mating ability of the released males. To counter this deficiency, SIT programs rely upon the production and release of large numbers of ...
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1 Department of Entomology, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel 2 Department of Microbiology, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel 3 Israel Cohen Institute for Biological Control, Plant Production and Marketing Board, Citrus Division,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Entomology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0931-2048
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2011.01664.x