Effects of Gamma Radiation on the Grain Mite, Acarus siro
1966; Oxford University Press; Volume: 59; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/jee/59.4.976
ISSN1938-291X
AutoresWendell E. Burkholder, Elvin W. Tilton, Robert R. Cogburn,
Tópico(s)Study of Mite Species
ResumoThe effects of gamma radiation on the grain mite, Acarus siro L., were studied. The egg, larval, hypopial, and adult stages of the mite were treated with 13.2 (±10%), 17.5, 25, 45, and 100 kilorads of gamma radiation. Eggs hatched at 100 kilorads. Eggs and hypopi were able to transform to the adult stage at 45 kilorads, but larvae did not mature at dosages above 25 kilorads. Irradiated adults produced F. adults after dosages as high as 25 kilorads and irradiated hypopi and eggs at 17.5 kilorads or less, but larvae did not produce F2 adults at dosages more than 13.2 ±10% kilorads.
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