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A COMPARISON OF IRRADIATED OR CHEMOSTERILIZED PINK BOLLWORM MOTHS FOR SUPPRESSING NATIVE POPULATIONS IN FIELD CAGES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

H. M. Flint ,
B. Wright ,
H. Sallam  and
Bob Horn
H. M. Flint
Affiliation:
Western Cotton Research Laboratory, ARS-USDA, Phoenix, Arizona
B. Wright
Affiliation:
Western Cotton Research Laboratory, ARS-USDA, Phoenix, Arizona
H. Sallam
Affiliation:
Western Cotton Research Laboratory, ARS-USDA, Phoenix, Arizona
Bob Horn
Affiliation:
Western Cotton Research Laboratory, ARS-USDA, Phoenix, Arizona
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Abstract

Pink bollworm moths chemosterilized by fumigation with bis (1-Aziridinyl) phosphinic acid, ethyl ester, and released into field cages failed to suppress native populations. In comparison, moths irradiated with 10 krad of gamma radiation caused highly significant reductions in populations. Flight range and competitiveness tests in the laboratory failed to explain the ineffectiveness of the chemosterilized moths.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 107 , Issue 10 , October 1975 , pp. 1069 - 1072
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1975

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