Some Effects of Gamma Irradiation on the Gypsy Moth, Porthetria dispar
- 1 December 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 57 (6), 986-990
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/57.6.986
Abstract
Pupae and larvae of the gypsy moth, Porthetria dispar (L.), were irradiated with a cobalt-60 gamma source. The effect of various dosages on pupal survival, adult longevity, mating success, egg numbers, egg viability, and F1 survival are reported. The irradiation of pupae more than 9 days old with 20,000 r resulted in very few crippling defects of the treated insects and reduced egg hatch to a low level.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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