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COMBINED EFFECTS OF EGG AGE AND RADIATION DOSAGE ON EGG HATCH OF TENEBRIO MOLITOR (COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

John H. Brower
John H. Brower
Affiliation:
Stored-Product Insects Research Branch, Market Quality Research Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Savannah, Georgia
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Abstract

Tenebrio molitor L. eggs in 15 age groups ranging from 0.5 to 7.5 days were irradiated with 10 dosages of gamma radiation ranging from 0.5 to 160 krad. The study showed that age had a pronounced effect on radiation-induced egg mortality. There was a 250-fold increase in resistance as eggs matured from 0.5 to 7.5 days as measured by the dosage required to produce an LD50.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 1 , January 1972 , pp. 141 - 144
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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