scholarly journals Effects of gamma irradiation dose-rate on sterile male Aedesaegypti

Author(s):  
Beni Ernawan ◽  
Usman Sumo Friend Tambunan ◽  
Irawan Sugoro ◽  
Hadian Iman Sasmita
2020 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 108641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Marušić ◽  
Maja Šegvić Klarić ◽  
Lucija Sinčić ◽  
Irina Pucić ◽  
Branka Mihaljević

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 100-106
Author(s):  
Ye. N. Volkova ◽  
V. V. Belyayev ◽  
S. P. Prishlyak ◽  
A. A. Parkhomenko

1990 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
GENE E. LESTER ◽  
DAN A. WOLFENBARGER

Percent electrolyte leakage, a measure of membrane integrity, proved to be a good predictor (R2 = 0.99) of cobalt-60 gamma irradiation dose injury on mid-season ‘Ruby Red’ grapefruit Citrus paradisi (Macf.) flavedo tissue (peel). Percent electrolyte leakage on grapefruit peel following a dose-rate of 250 grays/1.0, 2.5, 5.0, and 25.0 min decreased as grays/min (dose-rate) decreased. Total phenols, a biochemical response to irradiation following 250 grays/1.0, 2.5, 5.0, and 25.0 min also decreased as dose-rate decreased, demonstrating that injury to grapefruit peel diminished as 250 grays of gamma irradiation/rate declined. Comparisons of 10 and 20 grays of cobalt-60 gamma irradiation showed that a dose-rate of 10 grays/0.25 min to naked 8-d old Mexican fruit fly Anastrepha ludens (Loew) larvae caused a 90% reduction of adult emergence. Whereas, at 20 grays the reduction was greater than 99% with dose-rates of 20 grays/0.25, 0.5, 1.0, or 100 min. These data show that a gamma irradiation dose capable of reducing fly emergence by >99% will maintain an inhibitory effect even at relatively lower dose-rates. Therefore, once a quarantine security treatment for Mexican fruit fly is established, a lower dose-rate will reduce adult emergence and should impart little damage to grapefruit peel tissue.


Nature ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 205 (4978) ◽  
pp. 1334-1336 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. B. LOONEY

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