Published September 1993 | Version v1
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Control of the Chinese citrus fly, Dacus citri (Chen), using the sterile insect technique

  • 1. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing (China). Inst. for Application of Atomic Energy

Description

Artificial rearing of the Chinese citrus fly, Dacus citri (Chen), is described. It was found that the appropriate irradiation stage for sterilization treatment is at the last pupal phase, one or two days before emergence, and that 9 krad of irradiation is a suitable dose for sterilizing D. citri. A total of 56,000 and 95,000 irradiated sterile males of D. citri were released in the Zhonglian orchard (about 34 ha) in Huishui County, Guizhou Province, in 1987 and 1989, respectively. The release ratio of sterile to native fruit flies was 12.5:1 and 45:1. The percentage of oranges damaged by D. citri dropped from 7.5 to 0.005. (author). 5 refs, 4 tabs

Part of:
Management of insect pests: Nuclear and related molecular and genetic techniques

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
IAEA.
Imprint Place
Vienna (Austria)
Imprint Title
Management of insect pests: Nuclear and related molecular and genetic techniques
Imprint Pagination
469 p.
Series
Proceedings series.
Journal Page Range
p. 505-512.
ISSN
0074-1884

Conference

Title
Nuclear and related molecular and genetic techniques.
Acronym
International symposium on management of insect pests
Dates
19-23 Oct 1992.
Place
Vienna (Austria).

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
IAEA-SM--327/47.