New Indices and Method to Measure the Sexual Compatibility and Mating Performance of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) Laboratory-Reared Strains Under Field Cage Conditions

P. Cayol, J.; C. Vilardi, Juan; Rial, E.; Teresa Vera, M.

doi:10.1093/jee/92.1.140

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New Indices and Method to Measure the Sexual Compatibility and Mating Performance of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) Laboratory-Reared Strains Under Field Cage Conditions

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Authors:

J. P. Cayol

Juan C. Vilardi

E. Rial

Abstract

The method to assess the sexual compatibility and mating performance of Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), mass-reared strains has been revised. Three new indices (isolation index, ISI; male relative performance index, MRPI; female relative performance index, FRPI) that look at...

Subject

Ceratitis capitata

Biology

Sterile insect technique

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