Lack of an Irradiation Effect on the Mating Performance of Mass-reared Males of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly
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Outcrossing and the Mating Competitiveness of Male Mediterranean Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): Results from the World’s Oldest Mass-Reared Strain
The Hawaiian HI-LAB strain is the oldest mass-reared strain of Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wied.), in the world, and recent laboratory and field data show that HI-LAB males perform poorly in mating competition against wild males. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the mating performance of HILAB males could be improved by a single outcrossing event with wild fli...
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