Traditional control agents are usually inconvenient for managing Tribolium castaneum
especially in sensitive stored products such as milled flour where those agents may cause …

Bactrocera zonata, a serious pest of fruits in many parts of the world, has recently been
recorded in Northern Africa. Even though it has not been introduced to the European …

The effect of gamma irradiation on fruit fly pupae of Bactrocera correcta, from a 137Cs
source at various doses was investigated under laboratory conditions. The results indicated …

Effect of gamma-irradiation on certain biological aspects of the peach fruit fly, Bactrocera
zonata following gamma irradiation of 5 days old pupae were studied. Treatment led to a …

Abstract 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 …

Bactrocera oleae is one of the most hazardous pests threatening olive orchards in Iran. SIT
is an environment-friendly system of pest control based on releasing sterile males able to …

Irradiation as a commercial insect control technique was applied for the first time in 1929 to
cigars to control lasioderma serricorne although the X-ray machine used turned out to be …

Abstract The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) has been used to suppress or eradicate
populations of the melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett), a pest of various fruits and …

In recent years, damage by Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly) Ceratitis capitata
(Wiedemann)(Diptera: Tephritidae) on commercial fruit crops has reached a critical point in …

Radiation doses up to 30 Gy had not much adverse effects on adult emergence, flying ability
and deformation, while, exposure of pupae to 40 and 50 Gy, adult emergence (58.67 and …