The role of oxygen depletion and subsequent radioprotective effects during irradiation of mosquito pupae in water

Radiation induced sterility is the basis of the Sterile Insect Technique, by which a target insect pest population is suppressed by releasing artificially reared sterile males of the pest species in overfloodi...

Source: Parasites and Vectors - April 17, 2020 Category: Microbiology Authors: Hanano Yamada, Hamidou Maiga, Nanwintoum Severin Bimbile-Somda, Danilo O. Carvalho, Wadaka Mamai, Carina Kraupa, Andrew G. Parker, Aiman Abrahim, Georg Weltin, Thomas Wallner, Marc F. Schetelig, Carlos Caceres and Jeremy Bouyer Tags: Research Source Type: research