Table 1.
Radio-sterilization of ANO IPCL1. Percentage of egg hatch, resulting in first instar larvae or in emerged adults in progeny from males subjected to different radiation doses at the pupal or adult stage.
|
Dose (Gy) |
Stage of irradiation |
Percentage of hatched eggs |
Percentage of 1st instar larvae |
Percentage of emerged adults |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | |||||
| 0 |
Pupa |
33.9 |
1.6 |
a |
28.2 |
1.9 |
b |
|
|
|
| |
Adult |
27.6 |
1.9 |
a |
22.4 |
1.7 |
b |
|
|
|
| 35 |
Adult |
12.9 |
1.2 |
a |
9.6 |
1.3 |
b |
2.4 |
0.8 |
c |
| 60 |
Pupa |
8.3 |
1.0 |
a |
5.8 |
0.9 |
a |
3.1 |
0.6 |
b |
| |
Adult |
5.8 |
0.8 |
a |
3.6 |
0.6 |
a |
2.1 |
0.4 |
b |
| 75 |
Pupa |
3.8 |
0.8 |
a |
1.3 |
0.5 |
a |
0.6 |
0.3 |
a |
| |
Adult |
6.9 |
1.1 |
a |
3.8 |
1.0 |
b |
1.5 |
0.5 |
b |
| 90 |
Pupa |
4.6 |
0.8 |
a |
1.6 |
0.4 |
b |
1.0 |
0.3 |
b |
| |
Adult |
2.6 |
0.6 |
a |
0.8 |
0.3 |
a |
0.2 |
0.1 |
b |
| 105 |
Pupa |
4.2 |
0.7 |
a |
0.9 |
0.3 |
b |
0.5 |
0.2 |
b |
| Adult | 1.2 | 0.3 | a | 0.2 | 0.1 | b | 0 | 0 | b | |
Within one treatment (same dose and stage of irradiation), values followed by different letters are statistically significantly different (P < 0.05).
Emergence of adults could not be followed for control treatments.