Impact of gamma radiation doses on sperm competitiveness, fecundity and morphometric characters of peach fruit fly Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) (Diptera: Tephiritidae)

Successful of Sterile Insect Techniques (SIT) depend on ability of sterile male population to compete with normal male for mating with female and lead to a reduction in pest population numbers and sufficiently effective autocidal control. So effects of radiation doses (0, 30, 50, 70 and 90 Gy) on fe...

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Published in:	Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences
Main Authors:	Khalil A. Draz, Reda M. Tabikha, Mohamed A. El-Aw, Habashy F. Darwish
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2016-07-01
Subjects:	Bactrocera zonata Fertility Fecundity Morphometric Radiation Sterility Kafer El-Shikh Egypt
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1687850716300218