Mating frequency of normal vs sterile male boll weevils in the laboratory

Journal Article · Mon Aug 16 00:00:00 EDT 1976 · J. Econ. Entomol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/69.4.459· OSTI ID:7220747

Nilakhe, S S ^[1]; Earle, N W

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1. Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge

Male Anthonomus grandis Boheman, treated with a combination of ..gamma.. irradiation and hempa in the diet, mated ca. one-half as often as untreated males when paired individually with 4 virgin females/day. Examination of spermathecae showed that females mated to treated males contained an average of ca. /sup 1///sub 3/ as much sperm as females mated to untreated males. Thus, considering spermathecal filling and mating frequency, treated males transferred only ca. /sup 1///sub 6/ as much sperm as untreated males. When paired with females immediately after treatment, treated males inseminated an average of 18.3 female before aspermia occurred; however, when treated males were first held without females for 10 days, they were capable of inseminating an average of only 4.1 females.

• OSTI ID: 7220747
• Journal Information: J. Econ. Entomol.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Econ. Entomol.; (United States) Vol. 69:4; ISSN JEENA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
ARTHROPODS
BEETLES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BOLL WEEVIL
DIET
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GAMETES
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GERM CELLS
INSECTS
INVERTEBRATES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
MATING
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RADIATIONS
RADIOSTERILIZATION
REPRODUCTION
SPERMATOZOA
STERILITY
STERILIZATION