A bstract Large numbers of ? leptons are produced at Belle II. These could potentially decay into sterile neutrinos that, for the mass range under consideration, typically long-lived, leading to displaced-vertex signatures. Here, we study a search in context sterile-neutrino-extended Standard Model Effective Field Theory. The production and can be realized via either standard active-sterile neu...

We studied the dispersal behavior and survival of sterile medfly males either treated or not with ginger root oil (GRO), in field conditions, in Petrolina-PE, northeast Brazil, from May 2006 to December 2007 in a sterile insect technique (SIT) program. The tsl strain Vienna 8 from the Ceratitis capitata Wied. (Diptera: Tephritidae), medfly, mass-rearing facility located in Juazeiro-BA, Brazil, ...

For the evolution of new pearl millet hybrids with diverse cytoplasmic background suitable for specific areas and condition, there is a need for diversified CMS sources among locally adaptable lines and identification of locally adaptable restorers. The present study was undertaken to screen the male sterile and restorer lines among the crosses of five male sterile lines and thirty inbreds of p...

In Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) programs, mass-reared males of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), are maintained on a sugar-agar diet before their release into the environment. Several studies suggest that nitrogenous dietary supplements improve the mating competitiveness of the sterile males, thus increasing the cost effectiveness of SIT. Other research, however, ha...

Employing theoretical models, we show that the sterile insect release method (SIRM) can give rise to traveling waves of fertile insects. The velocity of these waves depends critically upon the density of sterile insects (and thus upon the rate at which sterile individuals are being released into the environment). When the sterile density is sufficiently low, the traveling wave advances, giving ...