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Integration of insect sterility and insecticides for control of Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood (Diptera: Glossinidae) in Tanzania. II. Methods of sterilisation, transportation and release of sterilised males

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D. L. Williamson ,
H. H. Baumgartner ,
A. G. Mtuya ,
D. B. Gates ,
P. E. Cobb  and
D. A. Dame
D. L. Williamson
Affiliation:
Tsetse Fly Research Project, Tanga, Tanzania.
H. H. Baumgartner
Affiliation:
Tsetse Fly Research Project, Tanga, Tanzania.
A. G. Mtuya
Affiliation:
Tsetse Fly Research Project, Tanga, Tanzania.
D. B. Gates
Affiliation:
Tsetse Fly Research Project, Tanga, Tanzania.
P. E. Cobb
Affiliation:
Tsetse Fly Research Project, Tanga, Tanzania.
D. A. Dame
Affiliation:
Tsetse Fly Research Project, Tanga, Tanzania.
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Abstract

Surplus puparia from a colony of about 50 000 females of Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. provided males for sterilisation and release in an experimental assessment of the sterile insect technique in Tanzania. Excess males were stored late in the puparial stage at 10 ±1°C for up to four days prior to being irradiated at ambient temperatures in a nitrogen atmosphere with 11·8 krad in a radioactive caesium (137Cs) source. Puparia chilled at 8 ± 1°C were transported to the field release area twice weekly for manual release. At the release sites, the adults emerged synchronously within 60 min and were automatically marked as they crawled through sand containing fluorescent powder.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 73 , Issue 2 , June 1983 , pp. 267 - 273
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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