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Effect of irradiation on the mating capacity and competitiveness of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) for the development of the sterile insect technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2020

Geneviève Lanouette ,
Jacques Brodeur ,
François Fournier ,
Veronique Martel Open the ORCID record for Veronique Martel [Opens in a new window]  and
Annabelle Firlej Open the ORCID record for Annabelle Firlej [Opens in a new window]
Geneviève Lanouette
Affiliation:
Institut de recherche et de développement en agroenvironnement, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec, J3V 0G7, Canada
Jacques Brodeur
Affiliation:
Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, H1X 2B2, Canada
François Fournier
Affiliation:
Collège Montmorency, Laval, Québec, H7N 5H9, Canada
Veronique Martel
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, PO Box 10380, Station Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, G1V 4C7, Canada
Annabelle Firlej*
Affiliation:
Institut de recherche et de développement en agroenvironnement, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec, J3V 0G7, Canada
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*Corresponding author. Email: annabelle.firlej@irda.qc.ca
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Abstract

The sterile insect technique is a new approach for the integrated management of Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (Diptera: Drosophilidae), an invasive pest in North America. We evaluated, under laboratory conditions, the mating capacities and success of male D. suzukii, irradiated at a dose of 120 Gy, with and without competition. We also explored the tendency of females to remate depending if their first mate was irradiated or not. We observed that irradiated males have the same mating capacity as control males, copulating with, respectively, 6.4 ± 1.9 females versus 6.9 ± 2.0 females in a 24-hour period. Irradiated males won the competition 37.5% of times, which is not significantly different from competiveness of control males. Female remating can be considered infrequent and not significantly influenced by male treatment: 7.4% of the females first mated with control males and 18.8% of the females first mated with irradiated males remated when given the opportunity two days and four days after the first mating. Latency before mating and mating duration were not significantly influenced by male treatment, but by presence of male competition. Overall, irradiated males thus seem to be as performant as control males, which is an important condition for a successful sterile insect technique programme.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 152 , Issue 4: The spotted-wing drosophila , August 2020 , pp. 563 - 574
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Entomological Society of Canada. Parts of this are a work of Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada

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